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Belarus

Note: The United States recognized Belarus Dec 26, 1991. Embassy Minsk was established Jan 31, 1992, with John Ford as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: David Heywood Swartz
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 9, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jan 21, 1994

Name: Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 29, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 7, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 8, 1997

Name: Daniel V. Speckhard
State of Residency: Wisconsin
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 1, 1997
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 18, 1997
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 5, 2000

Name: Michael G. Kozak
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 15, 2000
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 22, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 8, 2003

Name: George A. Krol
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 22, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Jul 24, 2006

Name: Karen B. Stewart
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 14, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 24, 2006
Termination of Mission:

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