List of ambassadors of the United States to Kyrgyzstan

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

Ambassador of the United States to Kyrgyzstan
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Donald Lu
since October 12, 2018
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

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
  • Edward Hurwitz – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 11, 1992
    • Presented credentials: September 17, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post, October 11, 1994
  • Eileen A. Malloy – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 26, 1994
    • Presented credentials: October 25, 1994
    • Terminated mission: Left post, July 7, 1997
  • Anne M. Sigmund – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 1, 1997
    • Presented credentials: September 30, 1997
    • Terminated mission: Left post August 10, 2000
  • John Martin O'Keefe – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 14, 2000
    • Presented credentials: September 23, 2000
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 2003
  • Stephen M. Young – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: April 16, 2003
    • Presented credentials: August 26, 2003
    • Terminated mission: Left post, August 17, 2005
  • Marie Yovanovitch – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 9, 2005
    • Presented credentials: August 30, 2005
    • Terminated mission: 2008
  • Tatiana C. Gfoeller – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 22, 2008
    • Presented credentials: October 14, 2008
    • Terminated mission: March 8, 2011
  • Pamela L. Spratlen – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: April 15, 2011
    • Presented credentials: May 24, 2011[1]
    • Terminated mission: December 12, 2014
  • Sheila Gwaltney – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 6, 2015
    • Presented credentials: October 14, 2015
    • Terminated mission: August 2, 2017
  • Donald Lu – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 18, 2018
    • Presented credentials: October 12, 2018
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "Pamela Leora Spratlen (1954–)". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. January 27, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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