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Armenia

Note: The United States recognized Armenia Dec 26, 1991. Embassy Yerevan was opened Feb 3, 1992, with Steven Mann as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Harry J. Gilmore
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 12, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: May 31, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 11, 1995
Note: Re-nominated Apr 2, 1993. An earlier nomination of Aug 10, 1992, was not acted upon by the Senate.

Name: Peter Tomsen
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 6, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 6, 1998

Name: Michael Craig Lemmon
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 29, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 21, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 1, 2001

Name: John Malcolm Ordway
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 23, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 31, 2004

Name: John Marshall Evans
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 2004
Termination of Mission: Left post, Sep 10, 2006

Name: Richard E. Hoagland
State of Residency: Washington, D.C.
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: *
Presentation of Credentials:
Termination of Mission:
*Nomination of May 23, 2006 not acted upon by the Senate; renominated Jan 9, 2007. Nomination of Jan 9, 2007 withdrawn Aug 3, 2007. The following officers have served as Chargés d'Affaires ad interim: Anthony Godfrey (Sep 2006-Jul 2007), Rudolf V. Perina (Jul-Oct 2007), and Joseph Pennington (Oct 2007- ).

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