List of ambassadors of the United States to Armenia

Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 23, 1990,^[1] having previously been the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the constituent republics of the USSR since 1936, and part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic since 1920. In the wake of the August 1991 Coup, a referendum was held on the question of secession. Following an overwhelming vote in favor, full independence was declared on September 21, 1991. However, widespread recognition did not occur until the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. The United States recognized Armenia on December 25, 1991.^[2]

Ambassador of the United States to Armenia
Միացյալ Նահանգների դեսպանը Հայաստանում
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent Kristina Kvien since February 21, 2023
Residence	Yerevan
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Harry J. Gilmore as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	May 12, 1993
Website	am.usembassy.gov

The embassy in Yerevan was opened February 3, 1992, with Steven Mann as Chargé d'affaires ad interim.

Ambassadors

#	Image	Name	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
1		Harry J. Gilmore[3] – Career FSO	May 12, 1993	May 31, 1993	Left post, July 11, 1995
2		Peter Tomsen – Career FSO	June 27, 1995	September 6, 1995	September 6, 1998
3		Michael C. Lemmon – Career FSO	June 29, 1998	September 21, 1998	October 1, 2001
4		John Malcolm Ordway – Career FSO	November 5, 2001	November 23, 2001	July 31, 2004
5		John Marshall Evans – Career FSO	June 30, 2004	September 4, 2004	Left post, September 10, 2006[4]	Recalled by the Bush administration over remarks about the Armenian genocide.[4]
-		Rudolf V. Perina[5]		September 10, 2006	August 1, 2008	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
6		Marie Yovanovitch[6] – Career FSO	August 4, 2008	September 22, 2008	June 9, 2011
-		Bruce Donahue – Career FSO		June 9, 2011	October 6, 2011	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
7		John A. Heffern[7] – Career FSO	September 29, 2011	October 17, 2011[8]	December 22, 2014
8		Richard M. Mills Jr. – Career FSO	January 2, 2015	February 15, 2015	October 17, 2018[9]
-		Rafik Mansour – Career FSO		October 17, 2018	March 1, 2019	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
9		Lynne M. Tracy – Career FSO[10]	February 19, 2019[11]	March 1, 2019[12]	December 20, 2022
-		Chip Laitinen - Career FSO		January 5, 2023	February 21, 2023	Chargé d'affaires a.i.
10		Kristina Kvien – Career FSO	December 13, 2022	February 21, 2023

The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

See also

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• Ambassadors from the United States
• Ambassadors of Armenia to the United States
• Armenia – United States relations
• Embassy of Armenia, Washington, D.C.
• Embassy of the United States, Yerevan
• Foreign relations of Armenia
• Foreign relations of the United States