List of ambassadors of Israel to the United States

The Israeli ambassador to the United States of America is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the State of Israel to the United States of America. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious position in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to the close diplomatic and military relationship between the two countries.

The ambassador and the embassy staff at large work at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Three ambassadors have been American citizens: Arens was naturalized and Oren and Dermer were born in the United States.

List of ambassadors

 * 1) Eliahu Eilat, 1948–1950
 * 2) Abba Eban, 1950–1959
 * 3) Avraham Harman, 1959–1968
 * 4) Yitzhak Rabin, 1968–1973
 * 5) Simcha Dinitz, 1973–1979
 * 6) Ephraim Evron, 1979–1982
 * 7) Moshe Arens, 1982–1983
 * 8) Meir Rosenne, 1983–1987
 * 9) Moshe Arad, 1987–1990
 * 10) Zalman Shoval, 1990–1993
 * 11) Itamar Rabinovich, 1993–1996
 * 12) Eliahu Ben-Elissar, 1996–1998
 * 13) Zalman Shoval, 1998–1999
 * 14) David Ivry, 1999–2002
 * 15) Daniel Ayalon, 2002–2006
 * 16) Sallai Meridor, 2006–2009
 * 17) Michael Oren, 2009–2013
 * 18) Ron Dermer, 2013–2021
 * 19) Gilad Erdan, 2021
 * 20) Mike Herzog, 2021–present