The Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. is the

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of the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

to the

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. The embassy is located at 2300 S Street NW,

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, in the Kalorama neighborhood. It has been located here since 1953. The building is a 1905 mansion designed by noted architect Appleton P. Clark, Jr. in the Georgian Revival style, and was originally the private residence of businessman Thomas M. Gales. It was later the home of

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and his wife

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before and after Hoover’s

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. Hoover sold the property in 1944, when he took up permanent residence at the

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. The ambassadorial residence is in the Charles Evans Hughes House on R Street NW. The current ambassador of Myanmar to the United States is Aung Lynn.

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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

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