United States Ambassador to Ukraine
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The history of Ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine
began in 1992.
Until 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR
of the Soviet Union
. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the parliament of Ukraine declared the nation’s independence
on August 24, 1991. On December 1, 1991, the people of Ukraine voted to approve the declaration by a wide margin.
The United States recognized
Ukraine on December 26, 1991 and the U.S. embassy in Kiev was established January 23, 1992, with Jon Gundersen as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. The first ambassador was commissioned in May 1992.
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine is located in Kiev
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
began in 1992.
Until 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR
Republics of the Soviet Union
The Republics of the Soviet Union or the Union Republics of the Soviet Union were ethnically-based administrative units that were subordinated directly to the Government of the Soviet Union...
of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the parliament of Ukraine declared the nation’s independence
Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine was adopted by the Ukrainian parliament on August 24, 1991. The Act established Ukraine as an independent, democratic state....
on August 24, 1991. On December 1, 1991, the people of Ukraine voted to approve the declaration by a wide margin.
The United States recognized
Diplomatic recognition
Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state...
Ukraine on December 26, 1991 and the U.S. embassy in Kiev was established January 23, 1992, with Jon Gundersen as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. The first ambassador was commissioned in May 1992.
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine is located in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
.
Ambassadors
- Name: Roman PopadiukRoman PopadiukRoman Popadiuk served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine under George H.W. Bush, from 1992 to 1993. Since 1999, he has served as the Executive Director of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas....
(Роман Попадюк) – Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 11, 1992
- Presented credentials: June 4, 1992
- Terminated mission: Left post July 30, 1993
- Name: William Green MillerWilliam Green MillerWilliam Green Miller served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine under Bill Clinton, from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:He went to college and graduate school at Williams College, the University of Oxford and Harvard University. In 1959, he joined the United States Foreign Service. From 1959 to...
– Political appointee- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 16, 1993
- Presented credentials: October 21, 1993
- Terminated mission: Left post January 6, 1998
- Name: Steven Karl Pifer – Career FSO
- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 10, 1997
- Presented credentials: Unknown
- Terminated mission: Left post October 9, 2000
- Name: Carlos PascualCarlos Pascual (diplomat)Carlos Pascual is a Cuban-American diplomat and the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Ukraine.-Education:Pascual attended Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente California and graduated in 1976. He then earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1980 and an M.P.P...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: September 15, 2000
- Presented credentials: October 22, 2000
- Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 2003
- Name: John E. HerbstJohn E. HerbstJohn Edward Herbst is a retired American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Ukraine from September, 2003 to May, 2006 and United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2003...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: July 1, 2003
- Presented credentials: September 20, 2003
- Terminated mission: May 26, 2006
- Name: William B. Taylor, Jr.William B. Taylor, Jr.William B. Taylor is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Ukraine.-Diplomatic career:Until February 2006 he was the U.S. Government's representative to the Quartet's effort to facilitate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, led by Special Envoy...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: May 30, 2006
- Presented credentials: June 21, 2006
- Terminated mission: May 2009
- Name: John F. TefftJohn F. TefftJohn F. Tefft is the United States Ambassador to Ukraine. He has been a career Foreign Service Officer for thirty-three years.Tefft is also a former United States Ambassador to Georgia and Lithuania, as well as former Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S...
– Career FSO- Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- Appointed: November 20, 2009
- Presented credentials: December 7, 2009
- Terminated mission: Incumbent
See also
- Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States of America
- Ukraine – United States relations
- Foreign relations of UkraineForeign relations of Ukraine-Western relations:Ukraine considers Euro-Atlantic integration its primary foreign policy objective, but in practice balances its relationship with Europe and the United States with strong ties to Russia. The European Union's Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine went into force on...
- Ambassadors of the United States