List of ambassadors of the United States to Bahrain

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Ambassador of the United States to Bahrain
سفير الولايات المتحدة في مملكة البحرين
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Incumbent
Steven C. Bondy
since February 9, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderJohn N. Gatch Jr.
Formation1971
Website bh.usembassy.gov

The United States ambassador to Bahrain is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Bahrain. The current Ambassador to Bahrain is Steven C. Bondy who has been serving since February 9, 2022.

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Until 1971, Bahrain had been part of a British protectorate along with the other sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf. In 1971 the protectorate ended and seven of the other sheikhdoms joined in a federation to become the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain, however, did not join the federation but declared its independence on August 15, 1971. The United States recognized the State of Bahrain on the same day and moved to establish diplomatic relations.

The U.S. Embassy in Manama was opened on September 21, 1971, with John N. Gatch, Jr. as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Ambassador William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. presented his credentials to the government of Bahrain on February 17, 1972. Stoltzfus was concurrently the ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates, while resident in Kuwait. The first ambassador commissioned solely to Bahrain was Joseph W. Twinam in 1974. [1]

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

NameTitleAppointed Presented credentials Terminated missionNotes
John N. Gatch, Jr. – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimSeptember 21, 1971—February 17, 1972
William Stoltzfus – Career FSO [2] Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 9, 1971February 17, 1972June 9, 1974
Joseph W. Twinam – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 24, 1974June 10, 1974August 10, 1976
Wat T. Cluverius IV – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 4, 1976October 23, 1976August 2, 1978
Robert Pelletreau – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 9, 1979March 10, 1979April 3, 1980
Peter Adams Sutherland – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 30, 1980July 12, 1980September 1, 1983
Donald C. Leidel – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 7, 1983November 12, 1983October 1, 1986
Sam H. Zakhem – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 12, 1986October 6, 1986August 1, 1989
Charles Warren Hostler – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1989October 28, 1989March 1, 1993
David S. Robins – Career FSOChargé d'Affaires ad interimMarch 1, 1993July 18, 1994
David M. Ransom – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 5, 1994July 18, 1994July 28, 1997
Johnny Young – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 7, 1997December 11, 1997September 29, 2001
Ronald E. Neumann – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 17, 2001October 9, 2001June 7, 2004
William T. Monroe – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 2, 2004August 31, 2004August 5, 2007
J. Adam Ereli – Political appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 2, 2007September 12, 2007January 14, 2011
Thomas C. Krajeski - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 26, 2011November 22, 2011December 15, 2014
William V. Roebuck - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 18, 2014January 20, 2015October 31, 2017
Justin Siberell - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 27, 2017November 12, 2017July 13, 2020
Maggie Nardi Chargé d'Affaires ad interimJuly 13 2020February 9, 2022
Steven C. Bondy Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 18, 2021February 9, 2022Incumbent

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bahrain". United States Department of State. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Stoltzfus was concurrently accredited also to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, while resident at Kuwait.

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