United States Ambassador to Qatar
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The United States Ambassador to Qatar is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Qatar
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, was nominated as the next ambassador to Qatar by President Obama on May 19, 2011. She was confirmed by the Senate
on June 30, 2011 and is expected to assume the ambassadorial post in September.
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
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Ambassadors
- William StoltzfusWilliam StoltzfusWilliam A. Stoltzfus, Jr. was a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat.-Early life:Stoltzfus was born in Beirut in 1924. His father was a Mennonite from Ohio and his mother a Presbyterian from Minneapolis. Stoltzfus' father was principal of a boy's school in Aleppo, Syria, and later...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 9, 1971
- Presented credentials: March 19, 1972
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 21, 1974
- Robert Peter Paganelli – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 20, 1974
- Presented credentials: August 22, 1974
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1977
- Andrew Ivy Killgore – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 3, 1977
- Presented credentials: September 29, 1977
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 29, 1980
- Charles E. Marthinsen – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 23, 1980
- Presented credentials: July 30, 1980
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 1, 1983
- Charles Franklin Dunbar – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 7, 1983
- Presented credentials: October 30, 1983
- Terminated mission: Left post, March 23, 1985
- Joseph Ghougassian – Political appointee
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 6, 1985
- Presented credentials: December 29, 1985
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 30, 1989
- Mark Gregory HambleyMark Gregory HambleyAmbassador Mark Gregory Hambley was born on February 12, 1948, in Boise, ID.A veteran of more than 30 years in the U.S. diplomatic service, Ambassador Mark Hambley served in eleven postings in nine Middle Eastern countries, including as U.S. Ambassador in Qatar and, later, in Lebanon and as the...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 10, 1989
- Presented credentials: October 30, 1989
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 15, 1992
- Kenton KeithKenton Keith (diplomat)Kenton Wesley Keith was an American ambassador to Qatar.Keith is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He is a member of the fraternity's World Policy Council, a think tank whose purpose is to expand Alpha Phi Alpha's involvement in politics and social and current policy to encompass...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 26, 1992
- Presented credentials: September 2, 1992
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 17, 1995
- Patrick N. TherosPatrick N. TherosPatrick Nickolas Theros was a foreign service officer and United States Ambassador to Qatar from 1995 to 1998.-Career:Theros was a career Foreign Service Officer from 1963 to 1999. Key positions he held in the Foreign Service include Ambassador to the State of Qatar, 1995–1998; Deputy Coordinator...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 3, 1995
- Presented credentials: November 12, 1995
- Terminated mission: Left post, November 23, 1998
- Elizabeth Davenport McKune – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 1, 1998
- Presented credentials: December 6, 1998
- Terminated mission: Left post, June 20, 2001
- Maureen E. Quinn – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 7, 2001
- Presented credentials: September 24, 2001
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 12, 2004
- Chase UntermeyerChase UntermeyerCharles Graves "Chase" Untermeyer is a former United States Ambassador to Qatar. He was given a recess appointment by U.S. President George W. Bush and assumed the position on December 7, 2004...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 2, 2004
- Presented credentials: December 7, 2004
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 19, 2007
- Joseph LeBaronJoseph LeBaronJoseph Evan LeBaron is the previous United States Ambassador to Qatar and former United States Ambassador to Mauritania . He was sworn in as Ambassador to Qatar on July 18, 2008, in a ceremony at the Simon Benson House of Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. PSU Interim President...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: June 6, 2008
- Presented credentials: November 3, 2008
- Terminated mission: July 29, 2011
Nomination
Susan L. Ziadeh, a career foreign service officerForeign Service Officer
A Foreign Service Officer is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. As diplomats, Foreign Service Officers formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. FSOs spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic...
, was nominated as the next ambassador to Qatar by President Obama on May 19, 2011. She was confirmed by the Senate
Advice and consent
Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch.-General:The expression is...
on June 30, 2011 and is expected to assume the ambassadorial post in September.
See also
- Qatar – United States relations
- Foreign relations of QatarForeign relations of QatarQatar achieved full independence on 3 September 1971 in an atmosphere of cooperation with the United Kingdom, the United States of America and friendship with neighbouring states. Most Arab states were also among the first countries to recognise Qatar, and the state promptly gained admittance to...
- Ambassadors of the United States