List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Turkmenistan
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Elizabeth Rood
Incumbentsince:July 31, 2024
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Joseph S. Hulings, III
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:August 11, 1992
Website:https://tm.usembassy.gov/

The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan as well as permanent chargés d'affaires posted from Washington for extended periods of time. This list excludes deputy chiefs of mission designated chargés d'affaires by the incumbent chief of mission during the chief of mission's temporary absence from Turkmenistan or during brief hiatuses between chiefs of mission. Note: The United States recognized Turkmenistan on December 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on February 19, 1992. Embassy Ashkhabad (now Ashgabat) was established March 17, 1992, with Jeffrey White as Chargé d'affaires ad interim.

Chiefs of mission

NameTitleAppointmentPresentation
of credentials
Termination
of mission
Jeffrey White - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimMarch 17, 1992August 11, 1992
Joseph S. Hulings, III - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
August 11, 1992September 25, 1992September 5, 1995
Michael W. Cotter[1] - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
October 3, 1995November 7, 1995August 27, 1998
Steven Robert Mann - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
October 1, 1998November 10, 1998May 28, 2001
Laura E. Kennedy - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
September 21, 2001October 5, 2001July 7, 2003
Tracey Ann Jacobson - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
July 1, 2003August 25, 2003July 14, 2006
Jennifer Leigh Brush - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJuly 14, 2006July 2007[2]
Richard E. Hoagland - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJuly 2007July 2008[3]
Richard Miles - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimNovember 2008September 2, 2009
Sylvia Reed Curran - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimSeptember 2, 2009July 9, 2010
Eileen Malloy - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJuly 2010April 26, 2011
Robert E. Patterson, Jr. - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
April 26, 2011May 16, 2011June 1, 2014
Laura E. Kennedy - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJune 4, 2014September 12, 2014
Allan Phillip Mustard - Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
November 19, 2014January 19, 2015June 22, 2019
Matthew S. Klimow[4] - Retired Military/
Career SES
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
May 23, 2019June 26, 2019July 6, 2024
Valerie Chittenden - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimSeptember 1, 2020December 2020[5]
Vaida Vidugiris - Career FSOChargé d'affaires ad interimJuly 6, 2024July 31, 2024
Elizabeth Rood - Career FSO Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
May 2, 2024July 31, 2024Incumbent

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 December 1998 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR MICHAEL W. COTTER . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621163454/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Cotter,%20Michael%20W.toc.pdf . 21 June 2024 . 23 July 2024 . Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
  2. Web site: Chiefs of Mission for Turkmenistan .
  3. Web site: Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Name: H .
  4. Web site: Ambassador Matthew S. Klimow. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211123172933/https://tm.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. 2021-11-23. 2021-12-27. U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. en-US.
  5. Valerie Chittenden was assigned to Ashgabat as deputy chief of mission, but arrived at post on the same day Ambassador Klimow departed for a temporary assignment in Washington and so was accredited initially as chargé d'affaires ad interim, thus technically qualifies for inclusion in this list.