List of ambassadors of the United States to the Czech Republic

For ambassadors to Czechoslovakia before the establishment of the Czech Republic, see United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

The diplomatic post of United States ambassador to the Czech Republic was created after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the United States recognizing the new nation of the Czech Republic on January 1, 1993.

Ambassador of the United States to the Czech Republic
Seal of the United States Department of State
Flag of a United States ambassador
Incumbent David Wisner Chargé d'affaires since June 20, 2025[1]
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	Adrian A. Basora as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	June 15, 1992
Website	U.S. Embassy - Prague

In June 1992, the Slovak parliament voted to declare sovereignty and the Czech-Slovak federation dissolved peacefully on January 1, 1993. The United States recognized the Czech Republic and Slovakia as independent nations and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The previous ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Adrian A. Basora, continued as the ambassador to the Czech Republic and Theodore Russell, who served as deputy chief of mission under Ambassador Shirley Temple Black, became the first U.S. ambassador to Slovakia later that year.

Ambassadors

Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
Adrian A. Basora	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 15, 1992	July 20, 1992	July 15, 1995
Jenonne R. Walker		June 27, 1995	August 31, 1995	August 31, 1998
John Shattuck		October 22, 1998	December 10, 1998	December 16, 2000
Craig Roberts Stapleton		August 7, 2001	August 28, 2001	December 16, 2003
William J. Cabaniss		October 6, 2003	January 13, 2004	September 15, 2006
Richard Graber		September 14, 2006	October 12, 2006	January 20, 2009
Mary Thompson-Jones	Chargés d’affaires ad interim	January 20, 2009	Unknown	May 2010
John Ordway		May 2010	Unknown	August 2010
Joseph Pennington		August 2010	Unknown	December 30, 2010
Norman L. Eisen	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 30, 2010	January 28, 2011	August 12, 2014
Andrew H. Schapiro		July 23, 2014	September 30, 2014	January 20, 2017
Steve King[2]		October 18, 2017	December 6, 2017	January 20, 2021
Jennifer Bachus	Chargés d’affaires ad interim	January 20, 2021		March 29, 2022
Michael Dodman		March 29, 2022		August 18, 2022
Christy Agor		August 18, 2022		January 31, 2023
Bijan Sabet	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	December 13, 2022	February 15, 2023	January 20, 2025
Christy Agor	Chargés d’affaires ad interim	January 20, 2025		June 20, 2025
David Wisner		June 20, 2025		Present

See also

• Embassy of the United States, Prague
• Czech Republic – United States relations
• Foreign relations of the Czech Republic
• Ambassadors of the United States