List of ambassadors of Lebanon to the United States
List of representatives

List of ambassadors of Lebanon to the United States

Section Title: List of representatives
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Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon	List of Presidents of the United States	Term end

April 12, 1945	Legation opened	Abdul Hamid Karami	Harry S. Truman

April 12, 1945	April 19, 1945	Charles Malik	Abdul Hamid Karami	Harry S. Truman

May 4, 1953	Legation raised to embassy	Saeb Salam	Dwight D. Eisenhower

April 23, 1953	May 4, 1953	Charles Malik	Khaled Chehab	Dwight D. Eisenhower

September 12, 1955	November 8, 1955	Victor Khouri	alt. rep., Fifth GA (*1903).	Sami as-Solh	Dwight D. Eisenhower

January 20, 1958	February 10, 1958	Nadim Demechkie	1970:United Kingdom	Sami as-Solh	Dwight D. Eisenhower

August 8, 1962	August 22, 1962	Ibrahim Hussein al-Ahdab	*Diplomat, chairman of the board. (* 21 March 1904 in Beirut).	Rashid Karami	John F. Kennedy

June 6, 1967	When relations with U.S. were severed by several Middle East countries, Lebanese Ambassador requested his name be continued as Ambassador, although he was absent.	Abdallah El-Yafi	Lyndon B. Johnson

October 30, 1968	November 12, 1968	Najati Kabbani	KABBANI (Najati, Najib), Diplomate. Né en 1917 à Damas (Syrie).	Abdallah El-Yafi	Lyndon B. Johnson

October 9, 1978	Chawki Choueiri	Chargé d'affaires	Selim Hoss	Jimmy Carter

October 23, 1978	November 16, 1978	Khalil Itani	Selim Hoss	Jimmy Carter

May 12, 1983	June 16, 1983	Abdallah Bou Habib	Selim Hoss	Ronald Reagan

March 1, 1990	April 9, 1990	Nassib Lahoud	Selim Hoss	George H. W. Bush

June 26, 1992	September 8, 1992	Simon Massoud Karam	Rachid Solh	George H. W. Bush

June 23, 1994	Riad Bahige Tabbarah	Lebanese UN official /economist (* 21 July 1933, Baghdad, Iraq) married Education: BA in Economics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 1953–56 MA in Economics, Northwestern University.	Rafic Hariri	Bill Clinton

June 6, 1997	September 8, 1997	Mohamad Chatah	Rafic Hariri	Bill Clinton

March 24, 1999	April 19, 1999	Farid Abboud	Selim Hoss	Bill Clinton

June 4, 2008	June 6, 2008	Antoine Chedid	Fouad Siniora	George W. Bush

January 27, 2016	Carla Jazzar	Chargé d'affaires a.i.	Najib Mikati	Barack Obama

December 15, 2017	January 24, 2018	Gabriel Issa	Saad Hariri	Donald Trump

Sentence(s)

Mohamad Chatah served as Ambassador to the U.S. from 1997.

final_sentence: Mohamad Chatah served as Ambassador to the U.S. from 1997.