United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
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The United States Ambassador to Bulgaria (Bulgarian
: Посланик на САЩ в България) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
from the United States
to Bulgaria
.
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
: Посланик на САЩ в България) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Ambassadors
- Diplomatic Agent
| Name | Appointed | Presented credentials | End of term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles M. Dickinson | April 24, 1901 | Appointed terminated, June 30, 1903 | |
| John B. Jackson | June 5, 1903 | September 19, 1903 | Recommissioned to a different combination of countries |
| John B. Jackson | March 8, 1905 | Presented recall, June 4, 1907 | |
| Horace G. Knowles Horace G. Knowles Horace Greeley Knowles was an American attorney and diplomat, who served as an ambassador under three U.S. presidents between 1907 and 1913.-Early life:... |
July 1, 1907 | August 21, 1907 | Left Bucharest, February 4, 1909 |
| Huntington Wilson Huntington Wilson Francis Mairs Huntington Wilson was a United States diplomat and author who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1909 to 1913.-Biography:... |
December 17, 1908 | ||
| Spencer F. Eddy | January 11, 1909 | ||
| John R. Carter | September 25, 1909 |
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
| Name | Appointed | Presented credentials | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Carter | June 24, 1910 | |||
| John B. Jackson | August 12, 1911 | February 1, 1912 | Presented recall, October 18, 1913 | |
| Charles J. Vopicka | Non-career appointee | September 11, 1913 | December 26, 1913 | Relieved of active functions pertaining to Legation Sofia, December 17, 1918 |
| Charles S. Wilson | Foreign Service officer | October 8, 1921 | December 5, 1921 | Presented recall, October 4, 1928 |
| H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld | Foreign Service officer | July 17, 1928 | ||
| Henry Wharton Shoemaker | Non-career appointee | January 22, 1930 | March 28, 1930 | Left post, August 2, 1933 |
| Frederick A. Sterling | Foreign Service officer | September 1, 1933 | April 3, 1934 | Left post, June 30, 1936 |
| Ray Atherton Ray Atherton Ray Atherton was a United States diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador to Canada .-Biography:Ray Atherton was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1883. He was educated at Harvard College, graduating with a B.A. in 1905. He then moved to Paris to study architecture, becoming... |
Foreign Service officer | July 13, 1937 | October 21, 1937 | Left post, July 5, 1939 |
| George H. Earle III | Non-career appointee | February 14, 1940 | April 2, 1940 | Bulgaria declared war on the U.S., December 13, 1941 |
| Donald R. Heath Donald R. Heath Donald Read Heath was a member of the United States Foreign Service for more than four decades including service as the Ambassador to Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam , Lebanon and Saudi Arabia... |
Foreign Service officer | September 30, 1947 | November 8, 1947 | Declared persona non grata by Government of Bulgaria, January 19, 1950 |
| Edward Page, Jr. | Foreign Service officer | November 23, 1959 | March 14, 1960 | Left post, May 25, 1962 |
| Eugenie Anderson Eugenie Anderson Eugenie Anderson , also known as Helen Eugenie Moore Anderson, was a United States diplomat. She is best known as the first woman appointed chief of mission at the ambassador level in US history .-Personal life:Helen Eugenie Moore was born on May 26, 1909, in Adair, Iowa, one of five... |
Non-career appointee | May 28, 1962 | August 3, 1962 | Left post, December 6, 1964 |
| Nathaniel Davis Nathaniel Davis Nathaniel Davis A well known career diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service and the Peace Corps for 36 years. His final years were spent teaching.-Early years:... |
Foreign Service officer | May 6, 1965 | June 4, 1965 | Left post, May 20, 1966 |
| John M. McSweeney | Foreign Service officer | September 16, 1966 | October 26, 1966 | Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| Name | Appointed | Presented credentials | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John M. McSweeney | Foreign Service officer | April 5, 1967 | April 19, 1967 | Left post, May 29, 1970 |
| Horace G. Torbert, Jr. | Foreign Service officer | October 6, 1970 | November 4, 1970 | Left post, January 23, 1973 |
| Martin F. Herz | Foreign Service officer | February 28, 1974 | April 3, 1974 | Left post, August 6, 1977 |
| Raymond L. Garthoff Raymond L. Garthoff Raymond L. "Ray" Garthoff is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a specialist on arms control, intelligence, the Cold War, NATO, and the former Soviet Union. He is a former U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, and has advised U.S. State Department on treaties. He has a B.A. from Princeton in... |
Foreign Service officer | July 29, 1977 | September 16, 1977 | Left post, October 9, 1979 |
| Jack Richard Perry | Foreign Service officer | September 20, 1979 | October 17, 1979 | Left post, September 27, 1981 |
| Robert L. Barry Robert L. Barry Robert L. Barry was born in 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a career member of the United States Foreign Service and was the United States ambassador to Indonesia from 1992 to 1995; he also served as ambassador to Bulgaria from 1981 to 1984... |
Foreign Service officer | November 25, 1981 | December 8, 1981 | July 12, 1984 |
| Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky Melvyn Levitsky is a United States diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria and Brazil .From 1989 to 1993 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters... |
Foreign Service officer | September 21, 1984 | November 13, 1984 | Left post, February 6, 1987 |
| Sol Polansky | Foreign Service officer | June 15, 1987 | September 4, 1987 | Left post, August 17, 1990 |
| Hugh Kenneth Hill | Foreign Service officer | August 6, 1990 | September 18, 1990 | Left post, September 5, 1993 |
| William Dale Montgomery | Foreign Service officer | October 8, 1993 | October 27, 1993 | Left post, January 17, 1996 |
| Avis T. Bohlen | Foreign Service officer | July 2, 1996 | September 5, 1996 | Left post August 13, 1999 |
| Richard Monroe Miles | Foreign Service officer | August 9, 1999 | September 8, 1999 | Left post February 28, 2002 |
| James W. Pardew James W. Pardew James W. Pardew is an American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria.He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Pardew is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College and earned a B.S. degree in Journalism at Arkansas State University in 1966 and an M.A. in Political Science at Loyola University of... |
Foreign Service officer | April 1, 2002 | May 13, 2002 | Left post, July 30, 2005 |
| John Beyrle John Beyrle John R. Beyrle , a career Foreign Service Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs, is currently Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation.- Biography :... |
Foreign Service officer | July 9, 2005 | September 8, 2005 | April 24, 2008 |
| Nancy McEldowney Nancy McEldowney Nancy E. McEldowney, a United States career diplomat, is currently Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs for the Department of State. She was United States Ambassador to Bulgaria from July 2008 until July 2009... |
Career foreign service officer | July 25, 2008 | August 26, 2008 | Unknown |
| James B. Warlick, Jr. James B. Warlick, Jr. James Warlick is the United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.James Warlick a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was announced for nomination by President Barack Obama on October 1, 2009 and confirmed on December 24, 2009 by the United States Senate, and sworn in on January 19, 2010, to be... |
Career foreign service officer | December 24, 2009 | January 19, 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- Bulgaria - United States relations
- Foreign relations of BulgariaForeign relations of BulgariaBulgaria has generally good foreign relations with its neighbours and has proved to be a constructive force in the region under socialist and democratic governments alike. Promoting regional stability, Bulgaria hosted a Southeast European Foreign Ministers meeting in July 1996, and an OSCE...
- Ambassadors of the United States