Ambassador of the United States to Slovenia | |
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Nominator | 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.