List of ambassadors of the United States to Yugoslavia

Ambassador of the United States to Yugoslavia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent None
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Henry Percival Dodge as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation	July 17, 1919
Abolished	February 4, 2003 (as Yugoslavia) February 29, 2004 (as Serbia and Montenegro)

The nation of Yugoslavia was formed on December 1, 1918 as a result of the realignment of nations and national boundaries in Europe in the aftermath of World War I. The nation was first named the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. The kingdom occupied the area in the Balkans comprising the present-day states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and most of present-day Slovenia and Croatia. The United States recognized the newly formed nation and commissioned its first envoy to the kingdom on July 17, 1919. Previously the U.S. had had an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary who was commissioned to Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia while resident in Bucharest, Romania. Towards the end of the 1930s, the diplomatic relations between Belgrade and Washington were raised from ministerial to the ambassadorial level.

At the beginning of World War II, the government of Yugoslavia fled Belgrade and formed a government in exile in London and later in Cairo. During that time the U.S. ambassadors continued to represent the United States in London and Cairo. The embassy was transferred back to Belgrade in 1945.

Between 1943 and 1992 the nation was known by various names, including the Democratic Federative Yugoslavia (1943), the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1946), and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963).

After the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, the remnants of the nation, comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, constituted a new state known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On May 21, 1992, the United States announced that it did not recognize the Federal Republic. The ambassador had left Belgrade one week earlier. A series of chargés d'affaires represented the U.S. government until 1999, when the embassy was closed.

In 2001 the United States recognized the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commissioned an ambassador to Belgrade.

In 2003 the parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ratified the Constitutional Charter, establishing a new state union and changing the name of the country from Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro. The U.S. ambassador continued in his post as the ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro.

For ambassadors to Serbia before and after Yugoslavia, see United States Ambassador to Serbia.

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Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms
Career FSO After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time. Political appointee A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends). Appointed The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office. Presented credentials The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely. Terminated mission Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy. Chargé d'affaires The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country. Ad interim Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".


Name	Title	Appointed	Presented credentials	Terminated mission	Notes
Henry Percival Dodge^[1] – Career FSO	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	July 17, 1919	October 5, 1919	March 21, 1926
John Dyneley Prince^[2] – Political appointee		February 23, 1926	May 5, 1926	August 31, 1932
Charles S. Wilson^[3]^[4] – Career FSO		August 3, 1933	September 11, 1933	July 28, 1937
Arthur Bliss Lane – Career FSO		August 9, 1937	October 23, 1937	May 17, 1941^[5]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.^[6]^[7] – Political appointee	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	July 30, 1941	October 3, 1941	September 28, 1943^[8]	Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary September 1942
Lincoln MacVeagh^[9]^[10] – Political appointee		November 12, 1943	December 9, 1943	March 11, 1944^[11]
Richard C. Patterson, Jr.^[12] – Political appointee		September 21, 1944	November 17, 1944	Left Belgrade October 25, 1946
Cavendish W. Cannon – Career FSO		April 10, 1947	July 14, 1947	October 19, 1949
George V. Allen^[13] – Career FSO		October 27, 1949	January 25, 1950	March 11, 1953
James Williams Riddleberger – Career FSO		July 31, 1953	November 16, 1953	January 11, 1958
Karl L. Rankin^[14] – Career FSO		December 13, 1957	February 19, 1958	April 22, 1961
George F. Kennan – Career FSO		March 7, 1961	May 16, 1961	July 28, 1963
Charles Burke Elbrick – Career FSO		January 29, 1964	March 17, 1964	April 28, 1969
William Leonhart^[15] – Career FSO		May 1, 1969	June 30, 1969	October 18, 1971
Malcolm Toon – Career FSO		October 7, 1971	October 23, 1971	March 11, 1975
Laurence H. Silberman - Political appointee		May 8, 1975	May 26, 1975	December 26, 1976
Lawrence S. Eagleburger – Career FSO		June 8, 1977	June 21, 1977	January 24, 1981
David Anderson – Career FSO		July 27, 1981	August 19, 1981	June 26, 1985
John Douglas Scanlan – Career FSO		July 12, 1985	July 26, 1985	March 6, 1989
Warren Zimmermann – Career FSO		July 11, 1988	March 21, 1989	May 16, 1992	The United States announced on May 21, 1992, that it would not recognize the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, as the successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Robert Rackmales	Chargés d'affaires ad interim	May 1992	N/A	July 1993
Rudolf V. Perina		July 1993	N/A	February 1996
Lawrence Butler		February 1996	N/A	August 1996
Richard M. Miles		August 1996	N/A	March 1999	The embassy was closed March 23, 1999. Miles and the last Embassy personnel left March 24, and NATO armed forces began military action against Serbia-Montenegro that evening.
William Dale Montgomery^[16] – Career FSO	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 26, 2001	January 4, 2002	February 29, 2004	The United States again recognized the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2001 and posted an ambassador to that nation.

Montgomery was the last ambassador sent by the U.S. to a state known as Yugoslavia. Hereafter ambassadors in Belgrade were commissioned to Serbia and Montenegro until 2006, and then to Serbia onward. For subsequent ambassadors in Belgrade, see United States Ambassador to Serbia.

Notes

^ Dodge was commissioned to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.
^ Prince was commissioned to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and continued to serve as ambassador after the nation was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929.
^ Wilson was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 15, 1934.
^ Wilson was commissioned to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
^ The king had fled Belgrade on April 14, 1941 in anticipation of a German invasion.
^ Biddle served near the Yugoslav government-in-exile in England.
^ Biddle was also commissioned to the governments-in-exile of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland; resident in London.
^ The government-in-exile of Yugoslavia transferred to Cairo September 28, 1943.
^ MacVeagh served near the Yugoslav government-in-exile in Cairo.
^ MacVeagh was also commissioned to the government-in-exile of Greece; resident in Cairo.
^ The government-in-exile of Yugoslavia transferred back to England on March 11, 1944. On July 1, 1944 Rudolf E. Schoenfeld was designated Chargé d'Affaires ad interim near the Government of Yugoslavia established in England.
^ Patterson served near the government-in-exile in London. The U.S. Embassy was transferred back to Belgrade March 31, 1945.
^ Allen was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on February 2, 1950.
^ Rankin was commissioned during a recess of the Senate and recommissioned after confirmation on January 29, 1968.
^ Leonhart was commissioned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
^ Montgomery was originally commissioned to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and continued to serve after its name was changed to Serbia and Montenegro on February 4, 2003.

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