United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan
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The following is a list of United States ambassadors to Turkmenistan
. Note: The United States recognized Turkmenistan on December 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on February 19, 1992. Embassy Ashkabad (now Ashgabat) was established March 17, 1992, with Jeffrey White
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
. Note: The United States recognized Turkmenistan on December 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations on February 19, 1992. Embassy Ashkabad (now Ashgabat) was established March 17, 1992, with Jeffrey White
Jeffrey White
Jeffrey Steven White is a United States federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was appointed to the Federal Bench by President George W. Bush on July 25, 2002, and received his commission on November 15, 2002.-Early life, education,...
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.
Ambassadors
- Joseph S. Hulings, III - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: August 11, 1992
- Presentation of Credentials: September 25, 1992
- Termination of Mission: Left post September 5, 1995
- Michael W. Cotter - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 3, 1995
- Presentation of Credentials: November 7, 1995
- Termination of Mission: Left post August 27, 1998
- Steven Robert Mann - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: October 1, 1998
- Presentation of Credentials: November 10, 1998
- Termination of Mission: Left post May 28, 2001
- Laura E. Kennedy - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: September 21, 2001
- Presentation of Credentials: October 5, 2001
- Termination of Mission: Left post July 7, 2003
- Tracey Ann JacobsonTracey Ann JacobsonTracey Ann Jacobson is an American diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to both Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.-Biography:Jacobson received her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, and her Master of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H...
- Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: July 1, 2003
- Presentation of Credentials: August 25, 2003
- Termination of Mission: Left post, April 9, 2007
- Richard E. HoaglandRichard E. HoaglandRichard Eugene Hoagland is a career ambassador in the United States Department of State. As of 2009, he is the U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan. He previously served as the ambassador to Tajikistan 2003–06....
- Career FSO- Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- Appointment: 2007
- Presentation of Credentials: 2007
- Termination of Mission: 2010
- Robert E. Patterson, Jr. - Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointment: April 26, 2011
- Presentation of Credentials: May 16, 2011
- Termination of Mission: Incumbent
See also
- Turkmenistan – United States relations
- Foreign relations of TurkmenistanForeign relations of TurkmenistanTurkmenistan's declaration of "permanent neutrality" was formally recognized by the United Nations in 1995. Former President Niyazov stated that the neutrality would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in multi-national defense organizations, but allows military assistance...
- Ambassadors of the United States