Ambassador Timmy T. Davis

Timmy T Davis US Ambassador to Qatar

Timmy T. Davis, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor, was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar on August 4, 2022. Prior to his confirmation, Ambassador Davis served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State and U.S. Consul General for Basrah and Southern Iraq. His other overseas tours include Guatemala City, Guatemala; Najaf, Iraq; Canberra, Australia; and Bogota, Colombia. His domestic assignments include Senior Watch Officer in the State Department Operations Center, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Director for Iraq at the National Security Council, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Special Presidential Envoy to Counter-ISIL, Senior Advisor to the Counselor of the Department, Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Acting Chief of Staff of the Department of State. Ambassador Davis, who holds a Distinguished Honor Award and multiple Superior and Meritorious Honor awards, is also the recipient of the Department’s Ryan C. Crocker Award for Outstanding Leadership in Expeditionary Diplomacy and the American Foreign Service Association’s William R. Rivkin Award for Constructive Dissent.

A native of Virginia, Ambassador Davis attended the University of Alabama. He served in the United States Marine Corps for nearly a decade including operations in the Horn of Africa and Iraq before joining the Foreign Service. Ambassador Davis speaks Spanish and Arabic.

U.S Embassy, Doha, Qatar

The mission of the United States Embassy is to advance the interests of the United States, and to serve and protect U.S. citizens in Qatar. The Embassy engages the government and a broad range of organizations and individuals in Qatar to promote shared values.