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Ambassador of the United States to Qatar
سفارة الولايات المتحدة الأميركية في دولة قطر
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Timmy T. Davis
since September 13, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderWilliam Stoltzfus
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationDecember 9, 1971
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Doha

The United States ambassador to Qatar is the official representative of the government of the United States to the government of Qatar.

Ambassadors

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".
Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
William Stoltzfus – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary December 9, 1971 March 19, 1972 August 21, 1974
Robert Peter Paganelli – Career FSO June 20, 1974 August 22, 1974 July 13, 1977
Andrew Ivy Killgore – Career FSO August 3, 1977 September 29, 1977 June 29, 1980
Charles E. Marthinsen – Career FSO May 23, 1980 July 30, 1980 August 1, 1983
Charles Franklin Dunbar – Career FSO October 7, 1983 October 30, 1983 March 23, 1985
Joseph Ghougassian – Political appointee December 6, 1985 December 29, 1985 June 30, 1989
Mark Gregory Hambley – Career FSO October 10, 1989 October 30, 1989 August 15, 1992
Kenton Keith – Career FSO May 26, 1992 September 2, 1992 July 17, 1995
Patrick N. Theros – Career FSO October 3, 1995 November 12, 1995 November 23, 1998
Elizabeth Davenport McKune – Career FSO October 1, 1998 December 6, 1998 June 20, 2001
Maureen E. Quinn – Career FSO August 7, 2001 September 24, 2001 July 12, 2004
Chase Untermeyer – Political appointee August 2, 2004 December 7, 2004 August 19, 2007
Joseph LeBaron – Career FSO June 6, 2008 November 3, 2008 July 29, 2011
Susan L. Ziadeh - Career FSO July 5, 2011 October 9, 2011 August 11, 2014
Dana Shell Smith - Career FSO July 10, 2014 September 8, 2014 June 20, 2017
Greta C. Holtz - Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires June 14, 2020 June 16, 2022
Timmy T. Davis - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary August 4, 2022 September 13, 2022 Incumbent

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