Bahrain

Note: Embassy Manama was opened Sep 21, 1971, with John N. Gatch, Jr., as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: William A. Stoltzfus, Jr.
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 9, 1971
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 17, 1972
Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated, Jun 9, 1974
Note: Accredited also to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; resident at Kuwait.

Name: Joseph W. Twinam
State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 24, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 10, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 10, 1976

Name: Wat T. Cluverius, 4th
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 23, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 2, 1978

Name: Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
State of Residency: Connecticut
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 9, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 10, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 3, 1980

Name: Peter A. Sutherland
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 12, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 1, 1983

Name: Donald C. Leidel
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 7, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 12, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post, Oct 1, 1986

Name: Sam H. Zakhem
State of Residency: Colorado
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 12, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 6, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 1, 1989

Name: Charles Warren Hostler
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 28, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post, Mar 1, 1993

Note: David S. Robins served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Mar 1993–Jul 1994.

Name: David M. Ransom
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 5, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 28, 1997

Name: Johnny Young
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 7, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 11, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 29, 2001

Name: Ronald E. Neumann
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 17, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 9, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jun 7, 2004

Name: William T. Monroe
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service Officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 31, 2004
Termination of Mission: Aug 5, 2007

Name: Joseph Adam Ereli
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service Officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2007
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 12, 2007
Termination of Mission: