| Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C. | |
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| Inaugural holder | Sven Alkalaj |
| Formation | June 23, 1994 |
The Bosnian ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Bosnian government in Sarajevo to the government of the United States.
List of representatives
This section lists the ambassadors of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States since the country's Embassy opened on August 1, 1992. Since its opening, seven people have served as ambassador, five men and two women.
The first ambassador was Sven Alkalaj, designated on April 5 and appointed on June 23, 1994, and served as ambassador until June 14, 2000. He would later on become a prominent diplomat, serve as Bosnia and Herzegovina's Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[1]
The first women as ambassador was Bisera Turković, designated on August 10 and appointed on October 3, 2005, serving until May 20, 2009. From 2019 to 2023, like Alkalaj, she also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]
The current ambassador is Sven Alkalaj, appointed on June 30, 2023.
| Diplomatic agreement/designated | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations[3] | Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | President of the United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1, 1992 | Embassy opened. | Alija Izetbegović | George H. W. Bush | ||
| April 5, 1994 | June 23, 1994 | Sven Alkalaj | Alija Izetbegović | Bill Clinton | |
| February 10, 2000 | June 14, 2000 | Igor Davidović | In 2015, he was the ambassador in Brussels, Belgium. | Alija Izetbegović | Bill Clinton |
| August 10, 2005 | October 3, 2005 | Bisera Turković | In 1995, she was the ambassador to Hungary. | Ivo Miro Jović | George W. Bush |
| February 27, 2009 | May 20, 2009 | Mitar Kujundžić | From 2005 until 2008, he served as the ambassador in Berlin, Germany.[4] | Nebojša Radmanović | Barack Obama |
| July 19, 2012 | July 30, 2012 | Jadranka Negodić | [5] | Bakir Izetbegović | Barack Obama |
| September 4, 2015 | February 2, 2016 | Haris Hrle | From 2013 until August 31, 2016, he was the ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. From April 15, 2010, until 2013, he was the ambassador in Vienna, Austria.[6] | Dragan Čović | Barack Obama |
| September 16, 2019 | September 16, 2019 | Bojan Vujić | Bojan Vujić presented on September 16, 2019, to Donald Trump, the President of the United States, the Letters of Credence accrediting His Excellency as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States.[7] | Željko Komšić | Donald Trump |
| March 20, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | Sven Alkalaj | [8] | Željka Cvijanović | Joe Biden |
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References
- ^ New Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presents Credentials, 5 July 2019
- ^ Er.M. (December 23, 2019). "Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- ^ Chief of protocol, [1]
- ^ Mitar Kujundžić
- ^ Jadranka Negodic
- ^ Haris Hrle
- ^ "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." www.bhembassy.org. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." www.bhembassy.org. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
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