United States Ambassador to Slovenia

Ambassador of the United States to Slovenia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Brent R. Hartley since February 12, 2015
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	E. Allan Wendt as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	August 1992
Website	U.S. Embassy - Ljubljana

The diplomatic post of United States Ambassador to Slovenia was created after the disbanding of Yugoslavia and the United States recognizing the new nation of Slovenia on April 7, 1992. In August of that year, the American Embassy in Ljubljana opened with E. Allan Wendt as chargé d'affaires ad interim. He officially took over as ambassador in 1993.

Ambassadors

• E. Allan Wendt
  • Appointed: 1993
  • Terminated mission: 1995
• Victor Jackovich
  • Appointed: 1995
  • Terminated mission: 1998
• Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel
  • Appointed: 1998
  • Terminated mission: 2001
• Johnny Young
  • Appointed: 2001
  • Terminated mission: 2004
• Thomas Bolling Robertson
  • Appointed: 2004
  • Terminated mission: 2008
• Yousif Ghafari
  • Appointed: 2008
  • Terminated mission: 2009
• Joseph A. Mussomeli
  • Appointed: October 29, 2010
  • Terminated mission: 2015
• Brent R. Hartley
  • Appointed: February 12, 2015
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

See also

• Slovenia – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Slovenia
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Slovenia
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm (Background Notes).

External links

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• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Slovenia
• United States Department of State: Slovenia
• United States Embassy in Ljubljana