List of ambassadors of the United States to Slovakia

Until 1992 the Slovak Republic had been united with the Czech Republic as the nation of Czechoslovakia. Following World War II, a U.S. consulate was established in Bratislava, but the consulate was closed on May 27, 1950, on the order of the Czechoslovak government, at the height of the Cold War. In 1990 the consulate was reestablished in Bratislava. The Consulate was upgraded to the status of Consulate General on October 21, 1991. In June 1992, the Slovak parliament voted to declare sovereignty and the Czech-Slovak federation dissolved peacefully on January 1, 1993. The United States recognized the Slovak Republic as an independent state and established diplomatic relations with it on January 1, 1993. The embassy in Bratislava was established January 4, 1993, with Paul Hacker as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. He was replaced by Eleanor Sutter on July 7, 1993. The first ambassador, Theodore E. Russell was commissioned to Slovakia on November 22, 1993. The United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Slovakia since 1993.

Ambassador of the United States to Slovakia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Bridget Brink
since August 20, 2019
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderTheodore E. Russell
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationNovember 22, 1993
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Bratislava

Ambassadors
  • Theodore E. Russell – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 22, 1993
    • Presented credentials: December 16, 1993
    • Terminated mission: Left post March 29, 1996
  • Ralph R. Johnson – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 18, 1996
    • Presented credentials: April 4, 1996
    • Terminated mission: Left post May 21, 1999
  • Carl Spielvogel – Political appointee[1]
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 3, 2000
    • Presented credentials: September 7, 2000
    • Terminated mission: Left post April 15, 2001
  • Ronald Weiser – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 26, 2001
    • Presented credentials: January 5, 2002
    • Terminated mission: Left post December 19, 2004
  • Rodolphe M. "Skip" Vallee – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: June 21, 2005
    • Presented credentials: August 23, 2005
    • Terminated mission: Left post December 5, 2007
  • Vincent Obsitnik – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: November 9, 2007
    • Presented credentials: December 6, 2007
    • Terminated mission: January 20, 2009
  • Keith A. Eddins
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires[2]
  • Theodore Sedgwick – Political appointee
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 4, 2010
    • Presented credentials: August 18, 2010
    • Terminated mission: July 2, 2015
  • Liam Wasley
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires
    • September 2015 - August 2016
  • Adam H. Sterling – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 25, 2016
    • Presented credentials: September 6, 2016
    • Terminated mission: August 7, 2019
  • Bridget Brink – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 29, 2019
    • Presented credentials: August 20, 2019[3]
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent

Notes
  1. Spielvogel was commissioned during a recess of the Senate. A later nomination of September 28, 2000, was not acted upon by the Senate.
  2. Laura Rozen of Politico on 20 January 2010 reported that the Obama administration would name Theodore Sedgwick, a lumber and publishing executive. See: http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0110/Obama_names_lumber_exec_as_envoy_to_Slovakia.html
  3. "Ambassador Bridget Brink Presents Credentials to President Zuzana Čaputová". U.S. Embassy Bratislava. August 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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