Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States,including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of career ambassador.
Kenneth R. Weinstein is the Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute,a conservative Washington-based think tank. From 2005,he served as Hudson's CEO,and from April 2011 until January 2021 was Hudson's President and CEO. Weinstein is an expert on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs and has commented on national and international affairs on television and in numerous publications,including The Wall Street Journal,The Weekly Standard,Yomiuri Shimbun and Le Monde. Weinstein is the founding chair and CEO of the Indo-Pacific Forum,which he co-founded with Shinzo Abe in 2022.
Relations between Bulgaria and the United States were first formally established in 1903,have moved from missionary activity and American support for Bulgarian independence in the late 19th century to the growth of trade and commerce in the early 20th century,to reluctant hostility during World War I and open war and bombardment in World War II,to ideological confrontation during the Cold War,to partnership with the United States in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and growing political,military and economic ties in the beginning of the 21st century.
Mark Francis Brzezinski is an American lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2022 to 2025. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.
Haiti–United States relations are bilateral relations between Haiti and the United States. Succeeding U.S. presidents refused to recognize Haiti until Abraham Lincoln. The U.S. tried to establish a military base in Haiti and invaded. It withdrew in 1934 but continued to intervene in Haiti during subsequent decades.
Frederick Dalziel Vreeland is an American career diplomat and writer whose final appointment was as United States Ambassador to Morocco.
Roderick Wemple Moore is the former Raymond Spruance Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport,RI,from 2013 to 2015. During the latter part of 2015,he served as the Chargéd'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Sofia,Bulgaria. From 2010 to 2013,he was the Principal Deputy High Representative and Brcko District Supervisor at the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to beginning his assignment at OHR,Moore served for three years (2007–2010) as the first American Ambassador to Montenegro. He was nominated for that posting by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29,2007. Senator Barack Obama chaired the Senate confirmation hearing in June 2007 at which Ambassador-designate Moore testified. Then Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs,R. Nicholas Burns,swore him in on September 12,2007,in the Treaty Room of the State Department. He arrived in Montenegro and presented his credentials to Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovićon September 18,2007. He left post in August 2010.
The foreign relations of Bulgaria are overseen by the Ministry of Foreign Relations headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Situated in Southeast Europe,Bulgaria is a member of both NATO and the European Union. It maintains diplomatic relations with 183 countries.
Herro Kader Mustafa Garg is a Kurdish-American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Egypt since November 2023. She served as the United States ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to March 2023.
Donald Read Heath was a member of the United States Foreign Service for more than four decades including service as the Minister to Laos (1950–1954),and Ambassador to Cambodia (1950–1954),Vietnam (1952–1955),Lebanon (1955–1957) and Saudi Arabia (1958–1961). During his tenure as Ambassador to Vietnam,Heath advocated and carried out American policy under Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that helped set the stage for American military involvement.
The National Order of Honour and Merit is the highest honour of merit awarded by the President of the Republic of Haiti. The Order was instituted on 28 May 1926 and is awarded in five grades to both Haitians and foreign nationals. The award is given to acknowledge distinction in not only the realms of diplomacy and politics but also the arts,charitable works and other fields of benefit or interest to Haiti.
Jeffrey D. Levine was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to be the United States Ambassador to Estonia on February 17,2012 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29,2012. He presented his credentials to President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves on September 17,2012. He left his post in 2015.
Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 25 October 2015,alongside local elections and the second round of the legislative elections. Incumbent President Michel Martelly was constitutionally barred from running. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round,a runoff was to be held on 27 December 2015. On 22 December the Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP) announced that the runoff has been postponed indefinitely. However,on 1 January 2016 President Michel Martelly announced that the runoff would be held on 17 January,but on 7 January the President changed the date to 24 January. On 20 January,Jude Célestin issued a statement that calls "whatever the person who will participate in this January 24 [runoff],is a traitor to the Nation". Because of rioting and electoral violence,on 22 January the CEP decided to postpone the second round again,with no specific date given,even after President Michel Martelly confirmed the previous day in a nationwide speech that the election should still take place. The run-off date was later agreed to take place on 24 April 2016.
Dennis Bruce Hankins is an American diplomat who is serving as Ambassador of the United States of America to Haiti. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Mali between 2019 and 2022 and the United States Ambassador to Guinea between 2015 and 2019.
Eric William Stromayer is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Togo from 2019 until 2022 and he had served the Chargéd'Affaires ad interim to Haiti.
Michael A. McCarthy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from January 22,2021 to July 12,2023.
William Huie Duncan is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to El Salvador since February 2023.
Tihomir Stoytchev is a Bulgarian diplomat,who has served as Bulgaria's Ambassador to the United States. He is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since October 4,2023. She previously served as the de facto United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from January 20,2021 until April 16,2023.
