List of ambassadors of the United States to Belarus

The United States Ambassador to Belarus is the official representative of the President of the United States to the head of state of Belarus.

Ambassador of the United States to Belarus
Пасол Злучаных Штатаў у Беларусі
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Jeffrey Giauque
(chargé d'affaires)
since July 27, 2020
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderDavid Heywood Swartz
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationAugust 11, 1992
Websiteby.usembassy.gov

Until 1991 the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the Supreme Soviet of Belarus declared itself independent of the Soviet Union on August 25, 1991, and renamed itself the Republic of Belarus on September 19, 1991. The United States recognized Belarus December 26, 1991. An embassy was established in the capital, Minsk, on January 31, 1992, with John Ford as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Relations between the United States and Belarus have been continuous since that time.

The U.S. Embassy in Belarus is located in Minsk. As of March 12, 2008, when Ambassador Karen Stewart was formally recalled for consultations, there has been no U.S. Ambassador in Minsk. All but five U.S. diplomats were declared persona non grata on April 30, 2008.

Ambassadors
  • David Heywood Swartz – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 11, 1992
    • Presented credentials: September 9, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post January 21, 1994
  • Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 29, 1994
    • Presented credentials: November 7, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 8, 1997
  • Daniel V. Speckhard – Career FSO[1]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 1, 1997
    • Presented credentials: September 18, 1997
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 5, 2000
  • Michael G. Kozak – Career Civil Service (non-FSO)
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 15, 2000
    • Presented credentials: February 22, 2001
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 8, 2003
  • George A. Krol – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 1, 2003
    • Presented credentials: October 22, 2003
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 24, 2006
  • Karen B. Stewart – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 14, 2006
    • Presented credentials: October 24, 2006
    • Terminated mission: Left post March 12, 2008[2][3][4]
  • Jonathan M. Moore – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Appointed: March 12, 2008
    • Presented credentials: —
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 7, 2009
  • Michael Scanlan – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Appointed: July 7, 2009
    • Presented credentials: —
    • Terminated mission: June, 2013
  • Ethan A. Goldrich – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Appointed: June, 2013
    • Presented credentials: —
    • Terminated mission: June, 2014
  • Scott Rauland
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires[5]
    • Appointed: June, 2014
    • Terminated mission: July 8, 2016[6]
  • Robert J. Riley
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • Appointed: August 22, 2016[6]
    • Terminated mission: July 17, 2018[7]
  • Jenifer H. Moore
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • Appointed: August 17, 2018[8]
    • Terminated mission: July 2020
  • Jeffrey Giauque[9]
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • Appointed: July 27, 2020
    • Terminated mission: Dec 2020
  • Julie D. Fisher – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: December 23, 2020

Notes
  1. During his tenure, Ambassador Speckhard was recalled for one year because of a dispute between the government and Western embassies over the confiscation of diplomatic residences. "Background Note: Belarus". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  2. "Belarus". U. S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  3. Ambassador Stewart was "recalled for consultations" at the request of the government of Belarus on March 12, 2008. Sources: The New York Times: "U.S. Cuts Embassy Staff ", Moscow Times: "U.S. Ambassador Leaving Belarus"
  4. "Background Note: Belarus". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  5. Chief of Mission | Minsk, Belarus - Embassy of the United States
  6. "New Head Of US Embassy Arrives in Minsk". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  7. "Farewell Address of Chargé D'affaires Robert Riley". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  8. "New U.S. charge d'affaires arrives in Belarus". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  9. "Chargé d'affaires Jeffrey Giauque". US Embassy in Belarus. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

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