Ambassador of the United States to Tajikistan | |
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Nominator | The President of the United States |
Inaugural holder | Edmund McWilliams as Chargé d'Affaires |
Formation | March 13, 1992 |
Website | U.S. Embassy - Dushanbe |
This is a list of United States ambassadors to Tajikistan.
Until 1991, Tajikistan had been a constituent republic of the Soviet Union as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. On December 25, 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan declared its independence and became the Republic of Tajikistan. The United States government recognized Tajikistan on the same day. Diplomatic relations were established on February 19, 1992 in an announcement by President Bush. A temporary embassy was opened by Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Edmund McWilliams on March 13, 1992 in the Avesto Hotel, pending the appointment of an ambassador. [1] The first ranking ambassador was Stanley Tuemler Escudero, who presented his credentials on October 19, 1992. [2]
On October 25, 1992, six days after Ambassador Escudero's arrival, Embassy Dushanbe was closed and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn because of the civil war in Tajikistan. [1] The embassy was reopened on March 11, 1993. [3] [4]
In 1998, after the embassy bombings in Africa, Embassy Dushanbe American personnel were temporarily relocated to Almaty, Kazakhstan, due to heightened Embassy security standards. American Embassy Dushanbe has since returned to full operations and in July 2006 moved into a purpose-built embassy compound. [1] [5]
Representative | Position Title | From | To | Appointed by |
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Edmund McWilliams [6] | Chargé d'Affaires | March 13, 1992 | October 19, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
Stanley Tuemler Escudero [3] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 19, 1992 | June 1, 1995 | George H. W. Bush |
The embassy was closed October 25, 1992 – March 11, 1993. Escudero continued as the nonresident ambassador in the interim. [1] | ||||
R. Grant Smith [7] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | July 31, 1995 | August 21, 1998 | Bill Clinton |
Robert Finn [8] | Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarY | November 11, 1998 | July 13, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr. [9] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 26, 2001 | October 9, 2003 | George W. Bush |
Richard E. Hoagland [10] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | November 24, 2003 | August 3, 2006 | George W. Bush |
Tracey Ann Jacobson [11] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | September 4, 2006 | July 27, 2009 [1] | George W. Bush |
Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. [12] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 2, 2009 | July 12, 2012 | Barack Obama |
Susan M. Elliott [13] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | October 19, 2012 | October 5, 2015 | Barack Obama |
Elisabeth I. Millard [14] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 11, 2016 | August 31, 2017 | Barack Obama |
Kevin Covert [15] | Chargé d'Affaires | August 31, 2017 | March 15, 2019 | Donald Trump |
John M. Pommersheim | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 15, 2019 [16] | December 2, 2022 [17] | Donald Trump |
Manuel P. Micaller | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | March 9, 2023 | Incumbent | Joe Biden |
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