Ambassador of the United States to Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Inaugural holder | Victor Jackovich as Ambassador |
Formation | June 23, 1993 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Sarajevo |
This is a list of United States ambassadors to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The United States recognized the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 7, 1992, and announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on August 6, 1992. A U.S. Embassy was established on November 10, 1993, on the premises of the Vienna embassy. The embassy in Sarajevo was established on July 4, 1994.
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary | Appointed | Presentation of credentials | Termination of mission | Background |
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Victor Jackovich | May 12, 1992 | June 23, 1993 | April 17, 1995 | Career Foreign Service officer |
John K. Menzies | October 3, 1995 | January 7, 1996 | December 15, 1996 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Richard Kauzlarich | August 1, 1997 | August 28, 1997 | August 20, 1999 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Thomas J. Miller | July 7, 1999 | August 27, 1999 | August 23, 2001 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Clifford G. Bond | October 1, 2001 | November 2, 2001 | August 6, 2004 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Douglas L. McElhaney | July 2, 2004 | September 15, 2004 | May 31, 2007 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Charles L. English | July 2, 2007 | October 4, 2007 | September 3, 2010 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Patrick S. Moon | August 8, 2010 | September 14, 2010 | August 24, 2013 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Maureen Cormack | November 24, 2014 | January 16, 2015 | January 16, 2019 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Eric G. Nelson | January 2, 2019 | February 19, 2019 | February 1, 2022 | Career Foreign Service officer |
Michael J. Murphy | December 18, 2021 | February 23, 2022 | Incumbent | Career Foreign Service officer |
The implementation of the Dayton Accords of 1995 has focused the efforts of policymakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the international community, on regional stabilization in the countries-successors of the former Yugoslavia. Relations with its neighbors of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia have been fairly stable since the signing of the Dayton Agreement in 1995.
Robert C. Frasure was an American diplomat and the first United States Ambassador to Estonia following Estonia's regained independence from the Soviet Union.
Douglas L. McElhaney is an American diplomat. He served as the Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004–2007.
Bisera Turković is a Bosnian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023. She was the first female foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United States are described as very strong.
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the two countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Russia. Bosnia is one of the countries where Russia has contributed troops for the NATO-led stabilization force. Russia recognized the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 27 April 1992.
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Pakistan relations are the foreign relations between Pakistan and Bosnia. Pakistan recognised the independence of Bosnia from Yugoslavia in 1992, and the two established diplomatic relations. Bosnia has an embassy in Islamabad. Pakistan has an embassy in Sarajevo.
Victor Jackovich is an American diplomat and former ambassador who was the first United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He later became Ambassador to Slovenia.
The United States Department of State opened the United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 4, 1994. Bosnia and Herzegovina had formerly been a part of Yugoslavia; the United States recognized the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 7, 1992.
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a southeast European country, while Turkey is a transcontinental country with a small European part on the Balkan peninsula around Istanbul. Diplomatic relations between the two countries started on 29 August 1992. Bosnia and Herzegovina has one embassy in Ankara and two consulates in Istanbul and Izmir, while Turkey has one embassy in Sarajevo and one consulate in Mostar. The two countries enjoy very warm diplomatic relations, due to historical and cultural ties dating back to the 15th century. There is a large population of Bosniaks in Turkey and a smaller community of Turks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Istanbul quarter of Yenibosna is named in honour of the Bosnian community that has settled there since Ottoman times. Reflecting the close ties between the two nations, Bosnians and Turks are free to travel to each other's countries using only their national identification cards, without the need for a passport. Turkey gives full support to Bosnia and Herzegovina's NATO membership.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Holy See have maintained diplomatic relations since the former declared independence in 1992. The two states have signed a concordat, and there have been three papal visits to the multiconfessional Bosnia and Herzegovina. The relations with the Holy See have generally been fostered primarily by the Bosnian Croat and Bosniak officials, but sometimes aggravated by Bosnian Serb officials.
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Indonesia relations refers to the bilateral relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Indonesia. Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Jakarta, while Indonesia has an embassy in Sarajevo. The bilateral relations was initially motivated by humanity and religious solidarity. As a nation with the largest Muslim population, Indonesians were shocked by the ethnic cleansing against Muslim Bosniaks during the Bosnian War, and promptly organized and mobilized help. Indonesian support for Bosnia and Herzegovina ranged from collecting donations, sending peacekeeping forces under United Nations, to building the Istiqlal Mosque in Sarajevo.
Maureen Elizabeth Cormack is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2015 to 2019. She served as acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from August to September 2021.
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Spain relations were formally established on 14 December 1992.
Indian-Bosnian relations are the bilateral ties between India and Bosnia and Herzegovina. India's Budapest office is concurrently accredited to Sarajevo as resident mission/embassy, while Bosnia and Herzegovina has its office in New Delhi.
Eric George Nelson is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2022.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Budapest is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Hungary. The first Indonesian ambassador to Hungary was Sarino Mangunpranoto (1962–1966). The current ambassador, Abdurachman Hudiono Dimas Wahab, was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 7 January 2019.
Michael John Murphy is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina since February 2022.