James E. Akins, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (born 1926)

James E. Akins

American diplomat

James Elmer Akins was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from September, 1973 to February, 1976, just in time to serve during the 1973 Oil Crisis of October, 1973 to March, 1974. Akins was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the advisory council of the Iran…

List of ambassadors of the United States to Saudi Arabia

The United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Saudi Arabia.