Embassy of the United States, Chișinău

Embassy of the United States in Chișinău
Location	Chișinău
Address	103 Mateevici St
Ambassador	James Pettit

Embassy of the United States, Chișinău

The Embassy of the United States to Moldova in Chișinău is the diplomatic mission of United States of America to Moldova. James Pettit is current U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, and was sworn in on 30 January 2015.

History

The United States recognized the independence of Moldova on December 25, 1991 and opened an Embassy in its capital, Chișinău, in March 1992. The United States Ambassador to Moldova, Asif Chaudhry, arrived at post on September 24, 2008.

Staff

Principal U.S. Embassy Officials include:

• Ambassador—James D. Pettit
• Consular Officer—David Franz
• Management Officer—Stanislas Parmentier
• Political/Economic Officers—Daria Fane, John Hardman, Michael Mates
• Public Affairs Officer—John Balian
• Regional Security Officer—Nick Pietrowicz
• USAID Officer—Gary Linden

Former U.S. Ambassadors

• Mary Pendleton served as the first United States Ambassador to Moldova from 1992 until 1995.
• Todd Stewart from 1995 to 1998
• Rudolf V. Perina was nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Moldova on April 27, 1998. Mr. Perina was confirmed by the Senate on June 26 and presented his credentials to the President of Moldova on September 11, 1998.
• Pamela Hyde Smith was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova on November 2, 2001, in a ceremony led by Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington, D.C.. Ms. Smith presented her credentials to Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on November 27, 2001, in Chișinău.
• Heather M. Hodges was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Moldova on September 12, 2003 and presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin on October 10, 2003.
• Michael D. Kirby presented his credentials as Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova on September 21, 2006.
• Asif Chaudhry: 2008–2011
• William H. Moser: 2011–2015^[1]
• James D. Pettit: 30 January 2015–present

• 

  Heather M. Hodges, former ambassador

See also

• Moldova – United States relations
• Embassy of Moldova in Washington, D.C.

References

External links

• Embassy of the United States in Chişinău

Diplomatic missions in Moldova
Americas	United States
Europe	Austria Czech Republic France European Union Germany Romania United Kingdom

Diplomatic missions of the United States
Embassies shown in bold. Consulates-General shown in italics. A full list can be found at List of diplomatic missions of the United States.
Africa	Dar es Salaam Juba Malabo Nairobi
Americas	Caracas Curaçao Havana Mexico City Ottawa
Asia	Abu Dhabi Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Chengdu Chennai Dhaka Dubai Guangzhou Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong1 Hyderabad Islamabad Jakarta Jerusalem1 Kabul Karachi Kolkata Lahore Manama Manila Mumbai New Delhi Peshawar Rangoon (Yangon) Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Tel Aviv Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Wuhan Yerevan‡
Europe	Athens Berlin Bern Bremen Chişinău Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Hamburg Istanbul‡ London Kyiv Moscow Munich Oslo Paris Prague Rome Sarajevo Tallinn Tbilisi‡ The Hague Thessaloniki Tirana Vatican (Rome) Vienna
Oceania	Canberra Wellington
Organizations	African Union (Addis Ababa) American Institute in Taiwan2 (Taipei, Kaohsiung-branch office, Washington-headquarters) European Union (Brussels) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (Vienna) United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations (New York) Rome
Former	Benghazi (1950–66, 2012) Havana (1977–2015) Houston (1836–46) Liverpool (1790–1962) London (1938–60) Mogadishu (1960–91) Saigon (1952–75) Tangier (1821–1956) Tehran (1951–79)
‡ Missions which are located in countries or cities that may be considered a part of more than one continent. 1 Consulates-General which function as an embassy (ie. consul reports to State Department, not the respective country's ambassador) 2 The American Institute in Taiwan is ostensibly a public, non-profit organization to promote US-Taiwanese relations, but through State Department staffing & assistance, functions as an informal US diplomatic mission.