List of ambassadors of the United States to Oman

Diplomatic presence of the United States of America in Oman started in 1880 when the U.S. set up its consulate in Muscat. The consulate operated in Oman through 1915. U.S. interests in Oman, thereafter, were handled by U.S. diplomats resident in neighboring countries. In 1972, the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, William Stoltzfus was accredited as the first U.S. ambassador to Oman, and the U.S. embassy, headed by a resident chargé d'affaires, was opened on July 4, 1972.[1]

Ambassador of the United States to Oman
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في سلطنة عمان
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Leslie Ordeman
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
since August 24, 2023
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderWilliam A. Stoltzfus, Jr.
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
FormationJuly 17, 1974
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Muscat

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

The first resident U.S. ambassador, William D. Wolle, took up his post in July 1974.[2] U.S. Ambassador Wiley has played important roles in the development of Oman – United States relations, the staging of the Iran Hostage Rescue Attempt from Oman, and making it one of the most reliable Middle Eastern allies of the United States.[3]

The United States Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman is located in Muscat.[4]

Ambassadors
  • William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. – Career FSO[1]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Resident in Kuwait
    • Appointed: April 17, 1972
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 16, 1974
  • William D. Wolle – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: July 17, 1974
    • Terminated mission: Left post, April 25, 1978
  • Marshall W. Wiley – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 7, 1978
    • Terminated mission: Left post, May 19, 1981
  • John R. Countryman – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: October 14, 1981
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 29, 1985
  • George Cranwell Montgomery – Political appointee
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: September 11, 1985
    • Terminated mission: Left post, January 18, 1989
  • Richard Wood Boehm – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 12, 1989
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 12, 1992
  • David J. Dunford – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 1, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 21, 1995
  • Frances D. Cook – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: January 2, 1996
    • Terminated mission: Left post, January 10, 1999
  • John B. Craig – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: February 15, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post, September 22, 2001
  • Robert W. Dry – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Ad Interim
    • Appointed: September 22, 2001
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 16, 2002
  • Richard L. Baltimore III – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: November 5, 2002
    • Terminated mission: Left post, March 5, 2006
  • Gary A. Grappo – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    • Appointed: September 17, 2006
    • Terminated mission: Left post, June 1, 2009
  • Richard J. Schmierer – Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 20, 2009
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 3, 2012
  • Greta C. Holtz - Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 9, 2012
    • Terminated mission: Left post, December 7, 2015
  • Marc J. Sievers - Career FSO[5]
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 7, 2016
    • Terminated mission: November 30, 2019
  • Leslie Tsou - Career FSO
    • Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 31, 2019
    • Arrives at Embassy: January 10, 2020
    • Terminated mission: March 30, 2023

Notes
  1. "US Ambassador to Oman. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE". Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  2. "U.S. State Department. Background Note: Oman". Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  3. "Marshall W. Wiley, 72, Ex-Ambassador to Oman". The New York Times. 1998-02-02. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  4. "Oman. Country Specific Information". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  5. "U.S. Embassy in Oman". Retrieved 2017-03-26.

See also

References
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