List of ambassadors of the United States to Serbia explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:the United States to Serbia
Native Name:Амбасадор Сједињених Држава у Србији
Ambasador Sjedinjenih Država u Srbiji
Insignia:US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:Christopher R. Hill
Incumbentsince:March 31, 2022
Nominator:The President of the United States
Inaugural:Eugene Schuyler
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation:November 10, 1882
Website:U.S. Embassy - Belgrade

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

!Portrait!Name!Title!Appointed!Presented credentials!Terminated mission!Notes
Eugene Schuyler – Career FSO[1] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1882September 19, 1884Resident in Athens
Walker Fearn – Career FSOSeptember 19, 1884September 28, 1885October 24, 1889Resident in Athens
A. Loudon Snowden – Career FSOOctober 24, 1889November 28, 1889August 25, 1892Resident in Athens
Eben Alexander – Career FSOAugust 25, 1892June 29, 1894August 10, 1897Resident in Athens
William Woodville Rockhill – Career FSOAugust 10, 1897May 7, 1898April 27, 1899Resident in Athens
Arthur S. Hardy – Career FSOApril 27, 1899June 24, 1900March 2, 1901Resident in Athens
Charles S. Francis – Career FSOMarch 2, 1901May 13, 1901December 24, 1902Resident in Athens
John Brinkerhoff Jackson – Career FSODecember 24, 1902October 13, 1902July 13, 1905Resident in Athens
John W. Riddle – Career FSOJuly 13, 1905May 7, 1906January 23, 1907Resident in Bucharest
Horace G. Knowles – Career FSOJanuary 23, 1907January 16, 1907February 4, 1909Resident in Bucharest
John R. Carter – Career FSOFebruary 4, 1909May 3, 1910October 27, 1911Resident in Bucharest
John Brinkerhoff Jackson – Career FSOOctober 27, 1911January 16, 1912October 15, 1913Resident in Bucharest
Charles J. Vopicka – Career FSOOctober 15, 1913December 15, 1913December 17, 1918Resident in Bucharest
For U.S. Ambassadors between 1918 and 1992, please see United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Robert RackmalesChargés d'affaires ad interimMay 1992N/AJuly 1993The United States announced on May 21, 1992, that it would not recognize the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, as the successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Rudolf V. PerinaJuly 1993N/AFebruary 1996
Lawrence ButlerFebruary 1996N/AAugust 1996
Richard M. MilesAugust 1996N/AMarch 1999The embassy was closed March 23, 1999. Miles and the last Embassy personnel left March 24, and NATO armed forces began military action against Serbia-Montenegro that evening.
William Dale Montgomery – Career FSOAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 4, 2002January 4, 2002February 29, 2004Montgomery served as Chargés d'affaires ad interim from 2000 to 2002

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia became Serbia-Montenegro in 2003

Michael C. Polt – Career FSOFebruary 29, 2004May 21, 2004August 3, 2007[2]
Cameron Munter – Career FSOJuly 26, 2007August 15, 2007[3] January 19, 2010
Mary Burce Warlick – Career FSO[4] December 24, 2009January 28, 2010[5] September 17, 2012
Michael David Kirby – Career FSOAugust 3, 2012September 19, 2012January 29, 2016
Kyle Randolph Scott – Career FSOSeptember 15, 2015February 5, 2016September 27, 2019
Anthony Francis Godfrey – Career FSOSeptember 30, 2019October 24, 2019February 12, 2022[6]
Christopher Robert Hill – Career FSOMarch 11, 2022March 31, 2022

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Ambassador to Serbia. US GOVERNMENT OFFICE . 2011-02-03.
  2. Web site: Biography of Ambassador Michael C. Polt . 16 October 2008 .
  3. Web site: Munter, Cameron . 15 August 2007 .
  4. Web site: U.S. Embassy in Serbia . 2011-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151011192452/http://serbia.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html . 2015-10-11 . dead .
  5. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/warlick-mary-burce
  6. Web site: Ambassador - Currently Vacant Position. U.S. Embassy in Serbia. 2022-02-24. 2022-02-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20220224020820/https://rs.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/. dead.