US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to Syria.

30-Nov-1942	08-Feb-1947	George Wadsworth
02-Aug-1948	22-Jul-1950	James Hugh Keeley, Jr.
30-Oct-1950	08-May-1952	Cavendish W. Cannon
14-Aug-1952	30-Jun-1957	James S. Moose, Jr.
16-Jan-1958	22-Feb-1958	Charles W. Yost
1958	1961	See US Ambassador to Egypt	(United Arab Republic)
11-Jan-1962	27-May-1965	Ridgway B. Knight
28-Oct-1965	08-Jun-1967	Hugh H. Smythe	Syria severs diplomatic relations 6-Jun-1967
Feb-1974	Aug-1974	Thomas J. Scotes	Interim; Embassy reestablished 16-Jun-1974
09-Sep-1974	23-Apr-1978	Richard W. Murphy
17-Sep-1978	31-Aug-1981	Talcott W. Seelye
12-Nov-1981	13-Jun-1984	Robert P. Paganelli
06-Dec-1984	31-Aug-1988	William L. Eagleton, Jr.
02-Oct-1988	25-Jul-1991	Edward Djerejian
25-Sep-1991	22-Mar-1998	Christopher W. S. Ross
06-Jun-1999	30-Jun-2001	Ryan C. Crocker
12-Jan-2002	23-Aug-2003	Theodore H. Kattouf
Aug-2003	Jan-2004	Gene Cretz	Interim
10-Jan-2004	Feb-2005	Margaret Scobey	recalled Feb-2005
Feb-2005	Aug-2006	Stephen A. Seche	Interim
Aug-2006	--	Michael Corbin	Interim

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