Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau

Consulate General of the United States,
Hong Kong and Macau
Consulado Geral dos Estados Unidos,
Hong Kong e Macau
美國駐香港及澳門總領事館
Address No. 26, Garden Road,
Central,
Hong Kong Island,
Hong Kong
Ambassador Clifford A. Hart (Consul General)
On May 12, 1999, the flag at the Consulate-General of the United States in Hong Kong was lowered in respect and sorrow for the people of China for a day as the aircraft carrying the bodies of victims of the NATO bombing of the People's Republic of China embassy in Belgrade came home to Beijing. Similar gestures were done in China in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenyang, along with the US embassy in Beijing.[1]

The Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau[2] has been located at 26 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong since the late 1950s.[3] The current Consul General is Clifford A. Hart, since July 2013.

As Hong Kong and Macau are Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the U.S. Consulate General to Hong Kong operates as its own independent mission,[4] with the Consul General as the "Chief of Mission".[5] As such, the Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau is not under the jurisdiction of the United States Ambassador to China, and reports directly to the U.S. Department of State as do other chiefs of mission, who are ambassadors in charge of embassies. All recent Consuls General are at the Career Minister rank in the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, whereas many other ambassadors are only Minister Counsellor.

List of U.S. Consuls General for Hong Kong and Macau

See also

References

  1. ↑ Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau (1999-08-02). "Statements on NATO Bombing of China's Embassy in Belgrade". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 1999-10-13. Retrieved 2006-10-04.
  2. ↑ The consulate-general's official name is shown as 'Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau' on its web-site (http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov)
  3. ↑ Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau. "About us". Archived from the original on 2006-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Christopher J. Marut Appointed as Director of the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan" (Press release). American Institute in Taiwan. 2012-05-08.
  5. ↑ "Chiefs of Mission". U.S. Department of State.
  6. 1 2 "U.S. consular officials in Hong Kong". The Political Graveyard.
  7. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=dVJ1O79_K2AC&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_r#v=onepage&q&f=false
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 2731. p. 3123. 7 May 1901.
  9. ↑ "List of former Consuls General". Archived from the original on May 13, 2007.
  10. ↑ "US Consul General in Hong Kong". NNDB.
  11. ↑ "About Us: History". Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau.
  12. ↑ "Julius Cecil Holmes - Brigadier General, United States Army - American Diplomat".
  13. ↑ "Index to Politicians: Williams, O to R". The Political Graveyard.
  14. ↑ "Richard Mueller". Hong Kong International School new Head of School.
  15. ↑ "Announcement of Stephen M. Young as New Consul General of the United States of America in Hong Kong". =Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong & Macau. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.

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