List of ambassadors of the United States to Serbia
| Ambassador of the United States to Serbia | |
|---|---|
| Амбасадор Сједињених Држава у Србији Ambasador Sjedinjenih Država u Srbiji | |
 Seal of the United States Department of State | |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Eugene Schuyler as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
| Formation | November 10, 1882 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Belgrade |
Template:U.S. diplomatic terms This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Serbia.
Some parts of today's Serbia had been under the occupation of the Ottoman Empire (from 1459 until 1804) while other parts were occupied by Habsburg Monarchy (1526–1804), Austrian Empire (1804–1867), and Austria-Hungary (1867-1918). Upon regaining its independence (partial in 1804 and full in 1878), the Serbian state strengthened and expanded and was in 1918 the driving force behind the creation of Yugoslavia (the land of South Slavs, a multi-ethnic state that over the following seven decades experienced various models of governance). In 1992 Yugoslavia disintegrated, although two of its constituent units - Serbia and Montenegro - continued in the same federal state under the same name Yugoslavia until 2003, when they re-organized into Serbia-Montenegro. After the Montenegrin independence referendum in May 2006, Serbia, as the only remaining unit in the federation, also became independent on 5 June 2006.
The United States established diplomatic relations with Serbia on November 10, 1882 when Eugene Schuyler was appointed resident U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Romania and Greece, in Athens.
Since July 17, 1919, U.S. diplomatic missions were based in Yugoslavia and since May 1992 after the breakup of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia – United States relations cooled off, were severed after the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The U.S. Embassy formally reopened in Belgrade in May 2001.
The United States Embassy in Serbia is located in Belgrade.
Ambassadors
- Eugene Schuyler – Career FSO[1]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 10, 1882
- Presented credentials: Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, September 19, 1884
- Walker Fearn – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 19, 1884
- Presented credentials: September 28, 1885. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, October 24, 1889
- A. Loudon Snowden – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 24, 1889
- Presented credentials: November 28, 1889. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 25, 1892
- Eben Alexander – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 25, 1892
- Presented credentials: June 29, 1894. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, August 10, 1897
- William Woodville Rockhill – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 10, 1897
- Presented credentials: May 7, 1898. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, April 27, 1899
- Arthur S. Hardy – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: April 27, 1899
- Presented credentials: June 24, 1900. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, March 2, 1901
- Charles S. Francis – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: March 2, 1901
- Presented credentials: May 13, 1901. Resident in Athens
- Terminated mission: Left post, December 24, 1902
- John Brinkerhoff Jackson – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 24, 1902
- Presented credentials: October 13, 1902. Resident in Athens until 1904, Bucharest thereafter
- Terminated mission: Left post, July 13, 1905
- John W. Riddle – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 13, 1905
- Presented credentials: May 7, 1906. Resident in Bucharest
- Terminated mission: Left post, January 23, 1907
- Horace G. Knowles – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: January 23, 1907
- Presented credentials: January 16, 1907. Resident in Bucharest
- Terminated mission: Left post, February 4, 1909
- John R. Carter – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 4, 1909
- Presented credentials: May 3, 1910. Resident in Bucharest
- Terminated mission: Left post, October 27, 1911
- John Brinkerhoff Jackson – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 27, 1911
- Presented credentials: January 16, 1912. Resident in Bucharest
- Terminated mission: Left post, October 15, 1913
- Charles J. Vopicka – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: October 15, 1913
- Presented credentials: December 15, 1913. Resident in Bucharest
- Terminated mission: Left post, December 17, 1918
- For U.S. Ambassadors between 1918 and 1992, please see United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Heads of the Embassy of the United States in Belgrade (1992–present)
- Robert Rackmales – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (U.S. announced on May 21, 1992 that it did not recognize Federal Republic of Yugoslavia comprising Serbia and Montenegro)
- Appointed: Interim
- Presented credentials: May 1992
- Terminated mission: July 1993
- Rudolf V. Perina – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Interim
- Presented credentials: July 1993
- Terminated mission: 1995
- Lawrence E. Butler – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Interim
- Presented credentials: 1995
- Terminated mission: August 2, 1996
- Richard M. Miles – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Interim
- Presented credentials: August 2, 1996
- Terminated mission: March 23, 1999 (NATO invasion of Yugoslavia, breakup of diplomatic relations)
- William Dale Montgomery – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: Interim
- Presented credentials: 2000
- Terminated mission: 2002
- William Dale Montgomery – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: January 4, 2002. (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia becomes Serbia-Montenegro in 2003)
- Presented credentials: January 4, 2002
- Terminated mission: February 29, 2004
- Michael C. Polt – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: February 29, 2004
- Presented credentials: May 21, 2004
- Terminated mission: July 2007
- Cameron Munter – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 26, 2007
- Presented credentials: July 26, 2007
- Terminated mission: January 19, 2010
- Mary Burce Warlick – Career FSO[2]
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: December 24, 2009
- Presented credentials: January 19, 2010
- Terminated mission: September 17, 2012
- Michael David Kirby – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: August 3, 2012
- Presented credentials: September 19, 2012
- Terminated mission: February 5, 2016
- Kyle Randolph Scott – Career FSO
- Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: 2015
- Presented credentials: February 5, 2016
- Terminated mission:
Notes
- ^ "US Ambassador to Serbia. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ "U.S. Embassy in Serbia". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
See also
References
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Serbia
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 Serbia
- United States Department of State: Serbia
- United States Embassy in Belgrade
