List of ambassadors of the United States to Kyrgyzstan

Ambassador of the United States to Kyrgyzstan
Seal of the United States Department of State
since December 29, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderEdward Hurwitz
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationAugust 11, 1992
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Bishkek

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Kyrgyzstan.

Until 1991 the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the Supreme Soviet of Kyrgyzstan declared itself independent of the Soviet Union on August 31, 1991, and renamed itself the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The United States recognized Kyrgyzstan on December 26, 1991. An embassy was established in the capital, Bishkek, on February 1, 1992, with Edmund McWilliams as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Relations between the United States and Kyrgyzstan have been continuous since that time.

The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan is located in Bishkek.

Ambassadors

Name Title Appointed Presented credentials Terminated mission Notes
Edward Hurwitz – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 11, 1992 September 17, 1992 October 11, 1994
Eileen A. Malloy – Career FSO August 26, 1994 October 25, 1994 July 7, 1997
Anne M. Sigmund – Career FSO August 1, 1997 September 30, 1997 August 10, 2000
John Martin O'Keefe – Career FSO June 14, 2000 September 23, 2000 July 6, 2003
Stephen M. Young – Career FSO April 16, 2003 August 26, 2003 August 17, 2005[1]
Marie Yovanovitch – Career FSO November 20, 2004 February 4, 2005 February 4, 2008
Tatiana C. Gfoeller – Career FSO October 22, 2008 October 14, 2008 March 8, 2011
Pamela L. Spratlen – Career FSO April 15, 2011 May 24, 2011[2] December 12, 2014
Richard Miles – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim February 13, 2015 N/A October 14, 2015
Sheila Gwaltney – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 6, 2015 October 14, 2015 August 2, 2017
John Bernlohr Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim August 2, 2017 N/A September 18, 2018
Donald Lu – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 18, 2018 October 12, 2018 September 14, 2021
Sonata Coulter – Career FSO Chargé d'Affaires, ad interim September 14, 2021 N/A November 2022
Lesslie Viguerie – Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 29, 2022 December 29, 2022 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stephen M. Young. LinkedIn Profile". linkedin.com. [better source needed]
  2. ^ "Pamela Leora Spratlen (1954–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. January 27, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.