This is a list of
ambassadors of the United States to
Kazakhstan.
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
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
(then named Alma-Ata) on February 3, 1992, with
William Harrison Courtney
William Harrison Courtney (born July 18, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American diplomat, having served as representative for the U.S. mostly in Eastern Europe.
He was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Senior Director for Russia, ...
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, where the U.S. embassy is now located.
Ambassadors
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Kazakhstan – United States relations
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
Foreign relations of Kazakhstan are primarily based on economic and political security. The Nazarbayev administration has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor a ...
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Ambassadors of the United States
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List of ambassadors of Kazakhstan to the United States
References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Kazakhstan*
External links
United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for KazakhstanUnited States Department of State: KazakhstanUnited States Embassy in Astana
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