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Azerbaijan

Note: The United States recognized Azerbaijan's independence on Dec 25, 1991, and announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on Feb 19, 1992. Embassy Baku was opened Mar 16, 1992, with Robert Finn as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Richard Monroe Niles
State of Residency: South Carolina
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 16, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Nov 5, 1993

Name: Richard Dale Kauzlarich
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 20, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 20, 1997

Name: Stanley T. Escudero
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 1, 2000

Name: Ross L. Wilson
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 11, 2000
Termination of Mission: Left post, Apr 24, 2003

Name: Reno L. Harnish, III
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 16, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 1, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 3, 2006

Name: Anne E. Derse
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 3, 2006
Termination of Mission:

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