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Tajikistan

Note: The United States recognized Tajikistan on Dec 25, 1991, and established diplomatic relations with it on Feb 19, 1992. Embassy Dushanbe was established Mar 13, 1992, with Edmund McWilliams as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.

Name: Stanley Tuemler Escudero
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 19, 1992
Termination of Mission: Embassy Dushanbe was closed Oct 25, 1992, and all U.S. personnel were withdrawn. Escudero reopened the Embassy Mar 11, 1993, and left post Jun 1, 1995

Name: R. Grant Smith
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 27, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 31, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 21, 1998

Name: Robert Patrick John Finn
State of Residency: New York
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 11, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 13, 2001

Name: Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr.
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 1, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 26, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post Oct 9, 2003

Name: Richard E. Hoagland
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 6, 2003
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 24, 2003
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 3, 2006

Name: Tracy Ann Jacobson
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 30, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 4, 2006
Termination of Mission:

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