List of ambassadors of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States

The Bosnian ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Bosnian government in Sarajevo to the government of the United States.

Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C.
Incumbent Sven Alkalaj since June 30, 2023
Inaugural holder	Sven Alkalaj
Formation	June 23, 1994

List of representatives

The Bosnian embassy in Washington, D.C. in 2005.

This section lists the ambassadors of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States since the country's Embassy opened on August 1, 1992. Since its opening, seven people have served as ambassador, five men and two women.

The first ambassador was Sven Alkalaj, designated on April 5 and appointed on June 23, 1994, and served as ambassador until June 14, 2000. He would later on become a prominent diplomat, serve as Bosnia and Herzegovina's Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.^[1]

The first women as ambassador was Bisera Turković, designated on August 10 and appointed on October 3, 2005, serving until May 20, 2009. From 2019 to 2023, like Alkalaj, she also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[2]

The current ambassador is Sven Alkalaj, appointed on June 30, 2023.

Diplomatic agreement/designated	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations[3]	Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina	President of the United States
August 1, 1992			Embassy opened.	Alija Izetbegović	George H. W. Bush
April 5, 1994	June 23, 1994	Sven Alkalaj		Alija Izetbegović	Bill Clinton
February 10, 2000	June 14, 2000	Igor Davidović [bs]	In 2015, he was the ambassador in Brussels, Belgium.	Alija Izetbegović	Bill Clinton
August 10, 2005	October 3, 2005	Bisera Turković	In 1995, she was the ambassador to Hungary.	Ivo Miro Jović	George W. Bush
February 27, 2009	May 20, 2009	Mitar Kujundžić [bs]	From 2005 until 2008, he served as the ambassador in Berlin, Germany.[4]	Nebojša Radmanović	Barack Obama
July 19, 2012	July 30, 2012	Jadranka Negodić [bs]	[5]	Bakir Izetbegović	Barack Obama
September 4, 2015	February 2, 2016	Haris Hrle [bs]	From 2013 until August 31, 2016, he was the ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. From April 15, 2010, until 2013, he was the ambassador in Vienna, Austria.[6]	Dragan Čović	Barack Obama
September 16, 2019	September 16, 2019	Bojan Vujić	Bojan Vujić presented on September 16, 2019, to Donald Trump, the President of the United States, the Letters of Credence accrediting His Excellency as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States.[7]	Željko Komšić	Donald Trump
March 20, 2023	June 30, 2023	Sven Alkalaj	[8]	Željka Cvijanović	Joe Biden

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References

1. New Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presents Credentials, 5 July 2019
2. Er.M. (December 23, 2019). "Počela sjednica o imenovanju Vijeća ministara BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
3. Chief of protocol,
4. Mitar Kujundžić
5. Jadranka Negodic
6. Haris Hrle
7. "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." www.bhembassy.org. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
8. "Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington D.C." www.bhembassy.org. Retrieved July 6, 2023.