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List of ambassadors of the United States to Israel

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Israel
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postAmbassador
bodythe United States to the State of Israel
שגריר ארצות הברית לישראל
سفير الولايات المتحدة لدى إسرائيل
insigniaUS Department of State official seal.svg
insigniasize120px
insigniacaptionSeal of the United States Department of State
imageMike Huckabee, official portrait (2025).jpg
incumbentMike Huckabee
incumbentsinceApril 21, 2025
styleHis or Her Excellency (formal)
Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal)
seatEmbassy of the United States, Jerusalem, Israel
reports_toUnited States Secretary of State
appointerPresident of the United States
appointer_qualifiedwith the advice and consent of the Senate
termlengthAt the pleasure of the president
inauguralJames Grover McDonald
as Ambassador
formationMarch 28, 1949
websiteU.S. Embassy - Jerusalem
flagFlag of a United States ambassador.svg
flagcaptionFlag of a United States ambassador

שגריר ארצות הברית לישראל سفير الولايات المتحدة لدى إسرائيل Mr. or Madam Ambassador (informal) as Ambassador

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The United States ambassador to Israel is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Israel.

Until 1948, the area that is now the state of Israel had been under British administration as part of the League of Nations/United Nations' Mandate for Palestine. On May 14, 1948, the British government unilaterally terminated the mandate. On the same day, the Jewish Agency, under future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, declared independence and named the country Israel. The United States immediately recognized the nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The first U.S. ambassador commissioned to Israel was James Grover McDonald, who presented his credentials to the government of Israel on March 28, 1949. The ambassador holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

The embassy of the United States in Israel is located at 14 David Flusser Street in Jerusalem.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

ImageNameAppointedPresented credentialsTerminated mission
[[File:James Grover McDonald (cropped).jpg50px]]James Grover McDonald – Political appointeeMarch 18, 1949March 28, 1949December 13, 1950
[[File:Monnett Bain Davis - Haim Weizmann1951 (cropped).jpg50px]]Monnett Bain Davis – Career FSOFebruary 1, 1951February 26, 1951Died at post December 26, 1953
[[File:Edward Lawson1954 (cropped).jpg50px]]Edward B. Lawson – Career FSOApril 9, 1954November 12, 1954February 17, 1959
[[File:Ogden Reid.png50px]]Ogden Rogers Reid – Political AppointeeJune 5, 1959July 2, 1959Left Israel January 19, 1961
[[File:Walworth Barbour.jpg50px]]Walworth Barbour – Career FSOMay 11, 1961June 12, 1961January 19, 1973
[[File:Kenneth Keating (US Senator from New York).jpg50px]]Kenneth B. Keating – Political appointeeJune 22, 1973August 28, 1973Died in New York May 5, 1975
[[File:MalcolmToon.jpg50px]]Malcolm Toon – Career FSOJune 9, 1975July 10, 1975December 27, 1976
[[File:Samuel W. Lewis.jpg50px]]Samuel W. Lewis – Career FSOApril 26, 1977May 25, 1977May 31, 1985
[[File:ThomasRPickering.jpg50px]]Thomas R. Pickering – Career FSOJuly 12, 1985August 6, 1985December 28, 1988
[[File:William A. Brown (page 12 crop).jpg50px]]commissioned during a recess of the Senate]]; his nomination of May 24, 1988 had not been acted upon by the Senate. He was recommissioned October 2, 1989 after confirmation.November 22, 1988December 29, 1988January 7, 1992
[[File:William C. Harrop (page 6 crop).jpg50px]]William Caldwell Harrop – Career FSONovember 21, 1991January 21, 1992May 7, 1993
[[File:Djerejian.jpg50px]]Edward Djerejian – Career FSONovember 22, 1993January 13, 1994August 9, 1994
[[File:Martin Indyk 2.jpg50px]]Martin Indyk – Political appointeeMarch 4, 1995April 10, 1995September 27, 1997
[[File:Edward walker.jpg50px]]Edward S. Walker, Jr. – Career FSONovember 10, 1997December 24, 1997January 23, 2000
[[File:Martin Indyk 2.jpg50px]]Martin Indyk – Political appointeeNovember 16, 1999January 25, 2000July 13, 2001
[[File:Daniel C. Kurtzer.jpg50px]]Daniel C. Kurtzer – Career FSOJuly 12, 2001July 18, 2001July 17, 2005
[[File:JonesWeb.jpg50px]]Richard Henry Jones – Career FSOAugust 2, 2005September 26, 2005April 27, 2008
[[File:James B Cunningham.jpg50px]]James B. Cunningham – Career FSOJune 30, 2008September 17, 2008May 21, 2011
[[File:Daniel B Shapiro ambassador.jpg50px]]Daniel B. Shapiro – Political appointeeurl=https://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/07/167946.htmarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018215735/http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/07/167946.htmurl-status=deadarchive-date=October 18, 2011title=Swearing-In Ceremony for Dan Shapiro, Ambassador to Israelpublisher=United States Department of Stateaccess-date=August 13, 2011}}August 3, 2011January 20, 2017
[[File:David Friedman (cropped).jpg50px]]David M. Friedman – Political appointeeMarch 23, 2017May 15, 2017January 20, 2021
[[File:Thomas R. Nides, Ambassador to Israel.jpg50px]]Thomas R. Nides – Political appointeeNovember 3, 2021December 5, 2021July 21, 2023
[[File:Jacob J. Lew, U.S. Ambassador.jpg50px]]Jack Lew – Political appointeeOctober 31, 2023November 5, 2023January 20, 2025
[[File:Mike Huckabee, official portrait (2025).jpg50px]]Mike Huckabee – Political appointeeApril 9, 2025April 21, 2025

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Notes

References

References

  1. "Israel". United States Department of State.
  2. Ambassador Keating had departed Tel Aviv on March 31, 1975 for consultations on the reassessment of American policy in the Middle East and died in New York on May 5.
  3. Brown was [[recess appointment. commissioned during a recess of the Senate]]; his nomination of May 24, 1988 had not been acted upon by the Senate. He was recommissioned October 2, 1989 after confirmation.
  4. "Swearing-In Ceremony for Dan Shapiro, Ambassador to Israel". United States Department of State.
  5. Looker, Rachel. (October 31, 2023). "Jack Lew confirmed as ambassador to Israel as the country's war rages on with Hamas". USA Today.
  6. "Chiefs of Mission for Israel". United States Department of State.
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