On June 22, 1948, E Eliahu Epstein (later changed to Eliahu Elath) was recognized as Special Representative of the Provisional Government of Israel and a non-diplomatic mission was established in Washington.
DATE | NAME/MISSION |
| April 8, 1949 | Embassy Opened |
| April 8, 1949 | Eliahu Elath, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| April 11, 1949 | Amb. E. and P. |
| August 29, 1950 | Abba Eban, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| September 5, 1950 | Amb. E. and P. |
| September 4, 1959 | H.E. Avraham Harman, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| September 14, 1959 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 20, 1968 | General Yitzhak Rabin, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| March 5, 1968 | Amb. E. and P. |
| March 30, 1973 | Simcha Dinitz, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| April 9, 1973 | Amb. E. and P. |
| December 19, 1978 | Ephraim Evron, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| January 11, 1979 | Amb. E. and P. |
| January 29, 1982 | Nehushtan, Minister, Charge d'Affaires ad interim |
| February 16, 1982 | Moshe Ahrens, Appt. Amb. E. & P. |
| February 16, 1982 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 24, 1983 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister Charge d'Affaires ad interim |
| June 6, 1983 | Meir Rosenne, Appt. Amb. E. and P. |
| July 12, 1983 | Amb E. and P. |
| July 10, 1987 | Moshe Arad, Appt. |
| July 20, 1987 | Amb. E. and P. |
| October 18, 1990 | Zalman Shoval, Appt. |
| December 17, 1990 | Amb. E. and P. |
| February 8, 1993 | Itamar Rabinovich, Appt. |
| April 14, 1993 | Amb. E. and P. |
| September 4, 1996 | Eliyahu Ben-Elissar, Appt. |
| October 9, 1996 | Amb. E. and P. |
| July 16, 1998 | Zalman Shoval, Appt. |
| September 10, 1998 | Amb. E. and P. |
| January 18, 2000 | David Ivry, Appt. |
| February 3, 2000 | Amb. E. and P. |
| July 30, 2002 | Daniel Ayalon, Appt. |
| July 30, 2002 | Amb. E. and P. |
| November 22, 2006 | Sallai Meridor |
| December 8, 2006 | Amb. E. and P. |
| June 25, 2009 | Michael Scott Oren, Appt. |
| July 20, 2009 | Amb. E. and P. |
Special Terms* [Amb.] E.E. and M.P.= Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary [Charge d'Affaires] a.i.= ad interim Amb. E. & P. = Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |
