List of ambassadors of Jordan to the United States

Ambassadrice of Jordan to United States
Incumbent
Dina Kawar
since June 2016
Inaugural holderAbdelmunim al-Rifai
FormationDecember 14, 1953

The Jordanian Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the representative of the government in Amman (Jordan) to the government of the United States.

List of representatives

Below is a sortable list of individuals appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States of America.[1]

Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations
May 23, 1949 June 1, 1949 Yousef Haikal
December 14, 1953 Legation was elevated to Embassy status
December 7, 1953 December 14, 1953 Abdelmunim al-Rifai
June 22, 1957 August 2, 1957 Yousef Haikal Dr.
October 27, 1958 November 18, 1958 Madhat Ibraheem Jumaa
October 6, 1959 October 20, 1959 Yousef Haikal Dr.
October 26, 1962 December 5, 1962 Saad Jumaa
October 28, 1965 November 16, 1965 Farhan Shubeilat
August 28, 1967 August 30, 1967 Abdelhamid Sharaf
March 21, 1972 March 27, 1972 Zuhayr Mahmud Al-Mufti
June 6, 1973 June 14, 1973 Abdullah Salah
May 5, 1980 June 6, 1980 Sherif Fawaz Sharaf
October 20, 1981 October 26, 1981 Abdul Hadi Majali General, a younger brother of Abdelsalam al-Majali
May 30, 1983 Sultan Lufti Charge d'Affaires
June 29, 1983 May 22, 1985 Ibrahim Youssouf Ibrahim Izziddin
May 17, 1985 May 22, 1985 Mohammed Kamal
August 29, 1988 September 19, 1988 Hussein Hammami
February 4, 1993 April 14, 1993 Fayez Tarawneh
September 8, 1997 Marwan al-Muasher
July 1, 2002 January 15, 2007 Karim Kawar
January 22, 2007 February 27, 2007 Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad H.R.H.
September 14, 2010 September 16, 2010 Alia Hatough Bouran
June 2016 Dina Kawar

38°56′28.5″N 77°03′59″W / 38.941250°N 77.06639°W / 38.941250; -77.06639 The Ambassador can be contacted through the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan located at 3504 International Drive, N.W., North Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. 20008.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Foreign Embassies in the U.S. and Their Ambassadors
  2. ^ Jordanian embassy Washington, D.C.: http://www.jordanembassyus.org/ Archived 2011-08-05 at the Wayback Machine