Chiefs of Mission for Saudi Arabia

Chiefs of Mission

• Bert Fish (1875–1943)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, February 4, 1940–February 28, 1941
• Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, May 11, 1942–July 18, 1943
• James Sayle Moose Jr. (1903–1989)
  • Minister Resident/Foreign Service officer, July 18, 1943–August 18, 1944
• William Alfred Eddy (1896–1962)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, September 23, 1944–May 28, 1946
• James Rives Childs (1893–1987)
  • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1946–March 18, 1949
• James Rives Childs (1893–1987)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 18, 1949–July 21, 1950
• Raymond Arthur Hare (1901–1994)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 24, 1950–July 8, 1953
• George Wadsworth II (1893–1958)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 9, 1954–January 1, 1958
• Donald Read Heath (1894–1981)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 9, 1958–April 18, 1961
• Parker Thompson Hart (1910–1997)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 22, 1961–May 29, 1965
• Hermann Frederick Eilts (1922–2006)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 15, 1966–July 23, 1970
• Nicholas Gilman Thacher (1919–2002)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1970–September 19, 1973
• James Elmer Akins (1926–2010)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 7, 1973–February 10, 1975
• William James Porter (1914–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 21, 1976–May 27, 1977
• John Carl West (1922–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 29, 1977–March 21, 1981
• Robert Gerhard Neumann (1916–1999)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 22, 1981–July 16, 1981
• Richard William Murphy (1929–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 1981–August 21, 1983
• Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 31, 1984–June 22, 1987
• Hume Alexander Horan (1934–2004)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 22, 1987–April 22, 1988
• Walter Leon Cutler (1931–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 17, 1988–April 30, 1989
• Charles W. Freeman Jr. (1943–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 14, 1990–August 13, 1992
• C. David Welch (1953–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, August 1992–August 1994
• Raymond Edwin Mabus (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 1, 1994–April 25, 1996
• Wyche Fowler Jr. (1940–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 14, 1996–March 1, 2001
• Robert W. Jordan (1945–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 30, 2002–October 13, 2003
• James Curtis Oberwetter (1944–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 10, 2004–March 31, 2007
• Ford M. Fraker (1948–2017)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 2, 2007–February 8, 2009
• James B. Smith (1952–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 31, 2009–September 27, 2013
• Joseph William Westphal (1948–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 28, 2014–January 8, 2017
• Christopher Henzel (1962–)
  • Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, January 8, 2017–April 17, 2019
• John P. Abizaid (?–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, May 8, 2019–

Other Nominees

• William James Porter (1914–1988)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.
• John Frank Bookout (1922–)
  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nomination of June 3, 1992, not acted upon by the Senate.