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History
Chiefs of Mission for Kuwait
Chiefs of Mission
- Dayton S. Mak (1917–)
- Chargé d’Affaires, October 18, 1961–January 7, 1962
- Parker Thompson Hart (1910–1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 7, 1962–July 12, 1963
- Howard Rex Cottam (1910–1984)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1963–July 6, 1969
- John Patrick Walsh (1918–2008)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 5, 1969–December 19, 1971
- William A. Stoltzfus Jr. (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 9, 1972–January 6, 1976
- Frank Eusebio Maestrone (1922–2007)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 13, 1976–July 5, 1979
- Francois Moussiegt Dickman (1924–2015)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1979–August 8, 1983
- Philip Joseph Griffin (1932–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 1983–September 1984
- Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1934–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 19, 1984–August 14, 1987
- W. Nathaniel Howell (1939–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 1987–August 2, 1990
- Embassy Kuwait was reopened on March 1, 1991.
- Edward William Gnehm Jr. (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 2, 1991–April 1, 1994
- Ryan Clark Crocker (1949–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 7, 1994–December 4, 1997
- James A. Larocco (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 16, 1997–May 17, 2001
- Richard Henry Jones (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 1, 2001–July 26, 2004
- Richard B. LeBaron (1951–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 12, 2004–July 11, 2007
- Deborah Kay Jones (1956–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, April 28, 2008–June 30, 2011
- Matthew Haywood Tueller (1957–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 28, 2011–April 28, 2014
- Douglas Alan Silliman (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 15, 2014–August 3, 2016
- Lawrence R. Silverman (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 5, 2016–October 5, 2019
- Alina L. Romanowski (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 11, 2020–
Other Nominees
- Laurence Everett Pope II (1945–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of February 22, 2000, not acted upon by the Senate.