The United States ambassador to Belarus is the official representative of the president of the United States to the
head of state
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of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
.
Until 1991 the
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent
SSR of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
. Upon the
breakup of the USSR, the
Supreme Soviet of Belarus declared itself independent of the Soviet Union on August 25, 1991, and renamed itself the Republic of Belarus on September 19, 1991. The United States
recognized Belarus December 26, 1991. An
embassy
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...
was established in the capital,
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
, on January 31, 1992, with John Ford as ''Chargé d’Affaires ad interim''. Relations between the United States and Belarus have been continuous since that time.
The U.S. Embassy in Belarus is located in
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
. Since March 12, 2008, when Ambassador Karen Stewart was formally recalled for consultations, there has been no
accredited
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U.S. Ambassador in Minsk. All but five U.S. diplomats were declared ''
persona non grata'' on April 30, 2008.
Ambassadors
Notes
See also
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Belarus – United States relations
*
Foreign relations of Belarus
The Byelorussian SSR was one of only two Soviet republics to be separate members of the United Nations (the other being the Ukrainian SSR). Both republics and the Soviet Union joined the UN when the organization was founded in 1945.
Prior to 20 ...
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Ambassadors of the United States
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References
United States Department of State: Background notes on Belarus*
External links
United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for BelarusUnited States Department of State: BelarusUnited States Embassy in Minsk
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...