List of the United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Matthew Bryza, so far the last US ambassador to Azerbaijan

The list of US ambassadors to Azerbaijan provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan since 1992. The former Soviet Union republic declared itself independent on August 30, 1991; the United States recognized the new state on December 25th of that year. On February 19, 1992, the two countries established diplomatic relations, before the US embassy was opened in Baku on March 16 of this year , initially under the direction of Chargé d'Affaires Robert Finn . With Richard Miles , the first official took Ambassador in September 1992 on his service.

Term of office	Surname	appointed by
1992-1993	Richard Miles	George Bush
1994-1997	Richard Kauzlarich	Bill Clinton
1997-2000	Stanley Tuemler Escudero	Bill Clinton
2000-2003	Ross Wilson	Bill Clinton
2003-2006	Reno L. Harnish	George W. Bush
2006-2009	Anne E. Derse	George W. Bush
2011–2012	Matthew Bryza	Barack Obama

Remarks

1. ↑ Donald Lu acted as Chargé d'affaires during the vacancy from July 2009 to July 2010.

Web links

• Website of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan