Chiefs of Mission for Jordan

Chiefs of Mission

• Wells Stabler (1919–2009)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, February 18, 1949–February 1950
• Gerald Augustin Drew (1903–1970)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 24, 1950–February 25, 1952
• Joseph Coy Green (1887–1978)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, July 31, 1952–September 23, 1952
• Joseph Coy Green (1887–1978)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1952–July 31, 1953
• Lester DeWitt Mallory (1904–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 1, 1953–January 11, 1958
• Sheldon Tibbetts Mills (1904–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 12, 1959–March 18, 1961
• William Butts Macomber Jr. (1921–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 5, 1961–December 25, 1963
• Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914–1977)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 15, 1964–April 23, 1966
• Findley Burns Jr. (1917–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 23, 1966–November 5, 1967
• Harrison Matthews Symmes (1921–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 21, 1967–May 7, 1970
• Lewis Dean Brown (1920–2001)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 29, 1970–November 29, 1973
• Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 2, 1974–July 13, 1978
• Nicholas Alexander Veliotes (1928–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 17, 1978–February 10, 1981
• Richard Noyes Viets (1930–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 10, 1981–August 5, 1984
• Paul Harold Boeker (1938–2003)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 1, 1984–August 13, 1987
• Roscoe Seldon Suddarth (1935–2013)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 16, 1987–July 27, 1990
• Roger Gran Harrison (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 7, 1990–July 9, 1993
• Wesley William Egan Jr. (1946–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 19, 1994–July 13, 1998
• William Joseph Burns (1956–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 9, 1998–June 7, 2001
• Edward William Gnehm Jr. (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 20, 2001–July 12, 2004
• David Hale (1961–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, July 2004–November 2005
• David Hale (1961–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 2005–July 9, 2008
• Robert Stephen Beecroft (1957–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 14, 2008–June 4, 2011
• Stuart E. Jones (1959–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 5, 2011–August 14, 2014
• Alice G. Wells (1963–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 31, 2014–March 24, 2017

Other Nominees

• Parker Thompson Hart (1910–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Took oath of office, but did not proceed to post, Jordan having united briefly with Iraq in the Arab Union.
• David Michael Satterfield (1954–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Did not serve under this appointment