List of ambassadors of the United States to Kazakhstan

This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Kazakhstan.

Ambassador of the United States to Kazakhstan
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
William H. Moser
since February 18, 2019
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Nur-Sultan

Kazakhstan had been a constituent Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) of the Soviet Union. Upon dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan declared independence on December 16, 1991. It was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence.

The United States recognized Kazakhstan ten days later on December 26, 1991. The U.S. embassy was established in Almaty (then named Alma-Ata) on February 3, 1992, with William Harrison Courtney as chargé d'affaires ad interim. He was subsequently appointed as the first U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan.

In 1997 the nation’s capital was moved to Astana (now Nur-Sultan), where the U.S. embassy is now located.

Ambassadors
  • Name: William Harrison Courtney – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 11, 1992
    • Presented credentials: September 15, 1992
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 1, 1995
  • Name: A. Elizabeth Jones – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 3, 1995
    • Presented credentials: October 18, 1995
    • Terminated mission: Left post October 12, 1998
  • Name: Richard Henry Jones – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: October 22, 1998
    • Presented credentials: January 23, 1999
    • Terminated mission: Left post June 10, 2001
  • Name: Larry C. Napper – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: August 3, 2001
    • Presented credentials: September 19, 2001
    • Terminated mission: Left post July 7, 2004
  • Name: John M. Ordway – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: May 12, 2004
    • Presented credentials: September 17, 2004
    • Terminated mission: September 12, 2008
  • Name: Richard E. Hoagland – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: September 10, 2008
    • Presented credentials: Unknown
    • Terminated mission: January 13, 2011
  • Name: John Ordway – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Assumption of duties: January 15, 2011
    • Terminated mission: September 21, 2011
  • Name: Kenneth J. Fairfax – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: July 5, 2011
    • Presented credentials: October 25, 2011
    • Terminated mission: September 2013
  • Name: John M. Ordway – Career FSO
    • Title: Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
    • Assumption of duties: October 16, 2013
    • Terminated mission: December 19, 2014
  • Name: George A. Krol – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 8, 2015
    • Presented credentials: March 18, 2015
    • Terminated mission: September 17, 2018[1]
  • Name: William H. Moser – Career FSO
    • Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    • Appointed: January 7, 2019
    • Presented credentials: February 18, 2019
    • Terminated mission: Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "President of Kazakhstan honors George Krol". Kazinform. September 11, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
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