List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkmenistan

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.

Ambassador of the United States to Turkmenistan
Seal of the United States Department of State
since July 31, 2024
NominatorThe President of the United States
Inaugural holderJoseph S. Hulings, III
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
FormationAugust 11, 1992
Website[1]

Chiefs of mission

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Chiefs of Mission for Turkmenistan".
  2. ^ "Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR MICHAEL W. COTTER" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. December 12, 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission, by Name: H".
  4. ^ "Ambassador Matthew S. Klimow". U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  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.
  6. ^ PN1341 — Elizabeth Rood — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024)
  7. ^ The President of Turkmenistan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Turkmenistan: Golden age, July 31, 2024

See also

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References

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