List of ambassadors of the United States to Kazakhstan
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This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan had been a constituent Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Soviet Union. Upon dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan declared independence on December 16, 1991. It was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence.
The United States recognized Kazakhstan ten days later on December 26, 1991. The U.S. embassy was established in Almaty (then named Alma-Ata) on February 3, 1992, with William Harrison Courtney as chargé d'affaires ad interim. He was subsequently appointed as the first U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan.
In 1997 the nation's capital was moved to Astana, where the U.S. embassy is now located.
Ambassadors
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|+ !Name !Title !Appointed !Terminated mission !Notes |
| William Harrison Courtney – Career FSO
| rowspan="6" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |August 11, 1992 |September 15, 1992 |July 1, 1995 | |
| A. Elizabeth Jones – Career FSO
|October 3, 1995 |October 18, 1995 |October 12, 1998 | |
| Richard Henry Jones – Career FSO
|October 22, 1998 |January 23, 1999 |June 10, 2001 | |
| Larry C. Napper – Career FSO
|August 3, 2001 |September 19, 2001 |July 7, 2004 | |
| John M. Ordway – Career FSO
|May 12, 2004 |September 17, 2004 |September 15, 2008 | |
| Richard E. Hoagland – Career FSO
|September 10, 2008 |October 7, 2008{{cite web | url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/110737.htm | title=Hoagland, Richard E | date=October 7, 2008 }} |January 13, 2011 | |
| John Ordway – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |Assumption of duties: January 15, 2011 | - |September 21, 2011 | |
| Kenneth J. Fairfax – Career FSO
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |July 5, 2011 |October 25, 2011 |September 16, 2013{{cite web | url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fairfax-kenneth-j | title=Kenneth J. Fairfax - People - Department History - Office of the Historian }} | |
| John M. Ordway – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |Assumption of duties: October 16, 2013 | - |December 19, 2014 | |
| George A. Krol – Career FSO
| rowspan="2" |Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |January 8, 2015 |March 18, 2015 | |
| William H. Moser – Career FSO
|January 7, 2019 |February 18, 2019 |October 25, 2021 | |
| Judy Kuo{{Cite web|title=Chargé d'affaires Judy Kuo|url=https://kz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210215411/https://kz.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|archive-date=2021-12-10|access-date=|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Kazakhstan|language=en-US}}
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |Assumption of duties: October 25, 2021 | - |November 14, 2022 | |
| Daniel N. Rosenblum – Political appointee
|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |August 4, 2022 |November 14, 2022 |January 20, 2025 | |
| Deborah Robinson – Career FSO
|Chargé d'Affaires ad interim |January 20, 2025 | |Incumbent | |
See also
References
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- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5487.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Kazakhstan]
- {{StateDept}}
External links
- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/kazakhstan United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Kazakhstan]
- [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/sca/ci/kz/ United States Department of State: Kazakhstan]
- [https://kz.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Astana]
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