United States Ambassador to Albania

Ambassador of the United States to Albania Ambasadori i Shteteve të Bashkuara në Shqipëri
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Donald Lu since December 2014
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	Ulysses Grant-Smith as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Formation	September 22, 1922
Website	U.S. Embassy - Tirana

U.S. diplomatic terms

This is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Albania.

Albania had been under the domination of the Ottoman Empire since the 14th century but gained a shaky independence in 1912 after an uprising against the Turks. After suffering invasions and occupations during the First and Second Balkan Wars and the Great War, Albania achieved a relatively stable degree of statehood.

The United States established diplomatic relations with Albania in 1922. President Harding appointed the first U.S. Minister to Albania, Ulysses Grant-Smith, who arrived in Tirana in December 1922. The first envoys to Albania had the rank of Minister.

Albania–United States relations were broken in 1939 upon the Italian invasion of Albania just prior to the start of World War II. Relations were not restored until the downfall of Communism in Europe in 1991.

The United States Embassy in Albania is located in Tirana.