List of ambassadors of the United States to Belarus

The United States ambassador to Belarus is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Belarus.

Ambassador of the United States to Belarus
Пасол Злучаных Штатаў у Беларусі
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Incumbent Michael Kreidler as Chargé d’Affaires[1] since July 21, 2025
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	David Heywood Swartz as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	August 11, 1992
Website	by.usembassy.gov

Until 1991, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic declared independence on August 25, 1991, and renamed itself the Republic of Belarus on September 19, 1991. The United States recognized Belarus on December 26, 1991. An embassy was established in the capital, Minsk, 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. Since March 12, 2008, when Ambassador Karen Stewart was formally recalled for consultations, there has been no accredited U.S. Ambassador in Minsk. All but five U.S. diplomats were declared persona non grata on April 30, 2008.

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
David Heywood Swartz – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 11, 1992	September 9, 1992	January 21, 1994
Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz – Career FSO		September 29, 1994	November 7, 1994	July 8, 1997
Daniel V. Speckhard – Career FSO[2]		August 1, 1997	September 18, 1997	August 5, 2000
Michael G. Kozak – Career Civil Service (non-FSO)		September 15, 2000	February 22, 2001	August 8, 2003
George A. Krol – Career FSO		July 1, 2003	October 22, 2003	July 24, 2006
Karen B. Stewart – Career FSO		August 14, 2006	October 24, 2006	March 12, 2008[3][4][5]
Jonathan M. Moore – Career FSO	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	March 12, 2008	—[6]	July 7, 2009
Michael Scanlan – Career FSO		July 7, 2009	—	June 2013
Ethan A. Goldrich – Career FSO		June 2013	—	June 30, 2014
Scott Rauland[7]		June 30, 2014	—	July 8, 2016[8]
Robert J. Riley		August 22, 2016[8]	—	July 17, 2018[9]
Jenifer H. Moore		August 17, 2018[10]	—	July 27, 2020
Jeffrey Giauque[11]		July 27, 2020	—	December 22, 2020
Julie D. Fisher – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 15, 2020[12]	December 23, 2020	June 9, 2022
Ruben Harutunian	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 9, 2022		June 25, 2023[13]
Peter Kaufmann	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	June 26, 2023		July 21, 2025
Michael Kreidler	Chargé d'Affaires ad interim	July 21, 2025		Present