Tribune News NetworkDohaAmbassador of the United States of America to Qatar HE Timmy T Davis arrived in Doha on Monday (September 5). Ambassador Davis was received upon his arrival by the Embassy’s leadership team and presented his credentials to Minister for State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi. Ambassador Davis was sworn in as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Qatar on August 15, 2022.Upon his arrival, Ambassador Davis said, “I am deeply honoured to serve in this role, and I look forward to contributing to the important relationship between our two countries. Qatar and the United States work together every day to protect the security of our two countries, promote prosperity and economic development, and build the people-to-people ties that make our relationship strong.” Timmy T Davis, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counsellor, most recently served as the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State. Prior to that, Davis served as the US Consul General for Basrah and Southern Iraq. His 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 Counsellor of the Department, Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Acting Chief of Staff of the Department of State. A native of Virginia, 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. Davis speaks Spanish and Arabic.
