List of ambassadors of the United States to Armenia explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	the United States to Armenia
Native Name:	Միացյալ Նահանգների դեսպանը Հայաստանում
Insignia:	US Department of State official seal.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent:	Kristina Kvien
Incumbentsince:	February 21, 2023
Residence:	Yerevan
Nominator:	The President of the United States
Appointer:	The President
Appointer Qualified:	with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural:	Harry J. Gilmore as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:	May 12, 1993

Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 23, 1990,^[1] having previously been the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the constituent republics of the USSR since 1936, and part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic since 1920. In the wake of the August 1991 Coup, a referendum was held on the question of secession. Following an overwhelming vote in favor, full independence was declared on September 21, 1991. However, widespread recognition did not occur until the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. The United States recognized Armenia on December 25, 1991.^[2]

The embassy in Yerevan was opened February 3, 1992, with Steven Mann as Chargé d'affaires ad interim.

Ambassadors

!Image!Name!Appointed!Presented credentials!Terminated mission!Notes

	Harry J. Gilmore^[3] – Career FSO	May 12, 1993	May 31, 1993	Left post, July 11, 1995
	Peter Tomsen – Career FSO	June 27, 1995	September 6, 1995	September 6, 1998
	Michael C. Lemmon – Career FSO	June 29, 1998	September 21, 1998	October 1, 2001
	John Malcolm Ordway – Career FSO	November 5, 2001	November 23, 2001	July 31, 2004
	John Marshall Evans – Career FSO	June 30, 2004	September 4, 2004	Left post, September 10, 2006^[4]	Recalled by the Bush administration over remarks about the Armenian genocide.
	Rudolf V. Perina^[5]		September 10, 2006	August 1, 2008	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
	Marie Yovanovitch^[6] – Career FSO	August 4, 2008	September 22, 2008	June 9, 2011
	Bruce Donahue – Career FSO		June 9, 2011	October 6, 2011	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
	John A. Heffern^[7] – Career FSO	September 29, 2011	October 17, 2011^[8]	December 22, 2014
	Richard M. Mills Jr. – Career FSO	January 2, 2015	February 15, 2015	October 17, 2018^[9]
	Rafik Mansour – Career FSO		October 17, 2018	March 1, 2019	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
	Lynne M. Tracy – Career FSO^[10]	February 19, 2019^[11]	March 1, 2019^[12]	December 20, 2022
	Chip Laitinen - Career FSO		January 5, 2023	February 21, 2023	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
	Kristina Kvien – Career FSO	December 13, 2022	February 21, 2023

The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

See also

• Ambassadors from the United States
• Ambassadors of Armenia to the United States
• Armenia – United States relations
• Embassy of Armenia, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States, Yerevan
• Foreign relations of Armenia
• Foreign relations of the United States

External links

• • United States Department of State: Background notes on Armenia
• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Armenia
• United States Department of State: Armenia
• United States Embassy in Yerevan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armenia Independence. The Government of Armenia. 22 October 2012.
2. Web site: U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian. U. 22 October 2012.
3. Gilmore was nominated for the second time by President Clinton on April 2, 1993. An earlier nomination of August 10, 1992 was not acted upon by the Senate.
4. Web site: U.S. Envoy to Armenia Recalled . 2007-08-03 . Emil Danielyan . May 24, 2006 . ArmeniaLiberty.org.
5. Web site: Embassy Leadership . 2007-08-03 . United States Embassy in Yerevan . United States Department of State: U.S. Embassy in Yerevan . https://web.archive.org/web/20071103140100/http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/ambassador.php . 2007-11-03 . live .
6. Web site: United States Embassy in Yerevan: The Ambassador . 2007-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090322180802/http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/ambassador.php . 2009-03-22 . live .
7. Web site: United States Embassy in Yerevan: The Ambassador . 2011-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421122312/http://armenia.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html . 2012-04-21 .
8. http://armenia.usembassy.gov/news101711.html Ambassador Heffern Presents Copies of Credentials to Foreign Minister Nalbandian
9. Web site: Farewell Speech As Prepared Ambassador Richard M. Mills . Mills . Richard M. . October 9, 2018 . am.usembassy.gov . December 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181211073934/https://am.usembassy.gov/farewell-speech/ . December 11, 2018 . live.
10. Web site: 2021-11-07 . U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy . 2021-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107052755if_/https://am.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ . 7 November 2021 . dead.
11. Web site: U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy . am.usembassy.gov . April 6, 2019.
12. Web site: Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with Lynne M. Tracy, newly appointed Ambassador of the United States . www.mfa.am . April 6, 2019.