List of ambassadors of the United States to Moldova

United States Ambassador to Moldova
Ambasadorul Statelor Unite în Moldova
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent William H. Moser since August 2, 2011
Inaugural holder	Mary Pendleton as Ambassador
Formation	March 1992
Website	moldova.usembassy.gov

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

Until 1991, the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR declared itself independent on August 27, 1991 and renamed itself the Republic of Moldova. The United States recognized Moldova on December 26, 1991, and established diplomatic relations February 18, 1992. The U.S. embassy in Chişinău was established March 13, 1992, with Howard Steers as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

• Howard Steers – Career FSO
  • Title: Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
  • Appointed: February 18, 1992
  • Presented credentials: —
  • Terminated mission: Superseded by ambassador, August 26, 1992
• Mary Pendleton – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: August 11, 1992
  • Presented credentials: August 26, 1992
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 12, 1995
• John Todd Stewart – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 3, 1995
  • Presented credentials: November 16, 1995
  • Terminated mission: Left post August 5, 1998
• Rudolf V. Perina – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: June 29, 1998
  • Presented credentials: September 11, 1998
  • Terminated mission: Left post September 23, 2001
• Pamela Hyde Smith – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: October 1, 2001
  • Presented credentials: November 29, 2001
  • Terminated mission: Left post May 10, 2003
• Heather M. Hodges – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: April 16, 2003
  • Presented credentials: October 3, 2003
  • Terminated mission: Left post April 9, 2006
• Michael D. Kirby – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: May 30, 2006
  • Presented credentials: September 21, 2006
  • Terminated mission: Left post June 25, 2008
• Asif J. Chaudhry – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: July 11, 2008
  • Presented credentials: September 24, 2008
  • Terminated mission: Left post July 25, 2011
• Marcus Micheli, as Chargé d’Affaires a.i. since July 25, 2008
• James Pettit – Career FSO
  • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  • Appointed: January 16, 2015
  • Presented credentials: January 30, 2015

See also

• Embassy of Moldova in Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States, Chişinău
• Moldova – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Moldova
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Moldova
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Moldova
• United States Department of State: Moldova
• United States Embassy in Chinisau