List of ambassadors of the United States to Slovenia

Ambassador of the United States to Slovenia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Melania Arreaga Chargé d'Affairs ad interim since July 31, 2024
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	E. Allan Wendt as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	August 1992
Website	U.S. Embassy - Ljubljana

The diplomatic post of United States Ambassador to Slovenia was created after the disbanding of Yugoslavia and the United States recognizing the new nation of Slovenia on April 7, 1992. In August of that year, the American Embassy in Ljubljana opened with E. Allan Wendt as chargé d'affaires ad interim. He officially took over as ambassador in 1993.

Ambassadors

U.S. embassy in Ljubljana

• E. Allan Wendt
  • Appointed: May 26, 1993
  • Terminated mission: September 12, 1995
• Victor Jackovich
  • Appointed: September 14, 1995
  • Terminated mission: February 13, 1998
• Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel
  • Appointed: September 2, 1998
  • Terminated mission: September 27, 2001
• Johnny Young
  • Appointed: October 24, 2001
  • Terminated mission: September 17, 2004
• Thomas Bolling Robertson
  • Appointed: September 29, 2004
  • Terminated mission: August 20, 2007
• Yousif Ghafari
  • Appointed: May 29, 2008
  • Terminated mission: January 20, 2009
• Joseph A. Mussomeli
  • Appointed: October 29, 2010
  • Terminated mission: January 31, 2015
• Brent R. Hartley
  • Appointed: February 12, 2015
  • Terminated mission: July 16, 2018
• Lynda C. Blanchard
  • Appointed: August 29, 2019
  • Terminated mission: January 20, 2021
• Susan K. Falatko (Chargé d'Affaires)
  • Appointed: January 20, 2021
  • Terminated mission: February 17, 2022
• Jamie Harpootlian
  • Appointed: February 17, 2022
  • Terminated mission: July 31, 2024
• Melania Arreaga (Chargé d'Affaires)
  • Appointed: July 31, 2024
  • Terminated mission: Incumbent

See also

• Slovenia – United States relations
• Foreign relations of Slovenia
• Ambassadors of the United States

References

• United States Department of State: Background notes on Slovenia
•  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

External links

• United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Slovenia
• United States Department of State: Slovenia
• United States Embassy in Ljubljana