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Chiefs of Mission for Bahrain
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Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
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updated March 14, 2024.
Chiefs of Mission
- John Newton Gatch Jr. (1921–1992)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 21, 1971–
- William A. Stoltzfus Jr. (1924–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, February 17, 1972–June 9, 1974
- Joseph Wright Twinam (1934–2001)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, June 10, 1974–August 10, 1976
- Wat Tyler Cluverius IV (1934–2010)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 23, 1976–August 2, 1978
- Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, March 10, 1979–April 3, 1980
- Peter Adams Sutherland (1933–1994)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 12, 1980–September 1, 1983
- Donald Charles Leidel (1927–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 1983–October 1, 1986
- Sam H. Zakhem (1935–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 6, 1986–August 1, 1989
- Charles Warren Hostler (1920–2014)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 28, 1989–March 1, 1993
- David Snyder Robins (1940–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, March 1993–July 1994
- David M. Ransom (1938–2003)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, July 18, 1994–July 28, 1997
- Johnny Young (1940–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 11, 1997–September 29, 2001
- Ronald E. Neumann (1944–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 9, 2001–June 7, 2004
- William T. Monroe (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 31, 2004–August 5, 2007
- Joseph Adam Ereli (1960–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 12, 2007–January 14, 2011
- Thomas Charles Krajeski (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 22, 2011–December 20, 2014
- William V. Roebuck (1954–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 20, 2015–October 31, 2017
- Justin H. Siberell (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, November 12, 2017–July 13, 2020
Other Nominees
None