United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Ambassador of the United States to the Czech Republic
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Incumbent Kelly Adams-Smith as Chargé d'affaires-ai since January 20, 2017
Nominator	The President of the United States
Inaugural holder	Adrian A. Basora as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	June 15, 1992
Website	U.S. Embassy - Prague

The diplomatic post of United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic was created after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the United States recognizing the new nation of Czech Republic on January 1, 1993.

In June 1992, the Slovak parliament voted to declare sovereignty and the Czech-Slovak federation dissolved peacefully on January 1, 1993. The United States recognized the Czech Republic and Slovakia as independent nations and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The previous ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Adrian A. Basora, continued as the ambassador to the Czech Republic and Theodore Russell, who served as deputy chief of mission under Ambassador Shirley Temple Black, became the first U.S. ambassador to Slovakia later that year.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Department of State website http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/index.htm (Background Notes).