Embassy of the United States, Warsaw

U.S. Embassy in Warsaw

Location Warsaw, Poland
AddressAl. Ujazdowskie 29-31, 00-540 Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°13′29″N 21°1′26″E / 52.22472°N 21.02389°E / 52.22472; 21.02389
Opened1871, re-established in 1919 and 1945
Websitehttps://pl.usembassy.gov

The United States Embassy in Poland (Polish: Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych w Polsce) is situated on Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw, Poland. The United States also maintains a consulate in Kraków.[1]

History

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Poland were established on May 2, 1919, when the first U.S. Minister to Poland, Hugh S. Gibson, presented his credentials.[2][3] On January 31, 1930, Alexander P. Moore was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador to Poland, but he died before taking office. John N. Willys succeeded him, presenting his credentials on May 24, 1930, and serving until May 30, 1932.[3][4]

With the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., left Warsaw and followed the Government of Poland to France, and later to London as the war progressed.[2][3][4] After the end of World War II, the U.S. Embassy was re-established in Warsaw on July 31, 1945. Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane, appointed on September 21, 1944, presented his credentials on August 4, 1945, and his tenure continued until February 24, 1947.[2][3]

Consulate

The consulate in Warsaw operated from 1875 on.[5]

List of United States Consuls General in Warsaw[6]
Name Official residence Appointment Termination
Josew Rawicz Warsaw 1875 1901
Boleslaw Horodynski Warsaw 1901 1902
Hernando de Soto 1902 1904
Clarence R. Slocum 1903 1905
Albert Leffinwell 1905 1906
Thomas E. Heenan Odessa 1906 1910
Henando de Soto Warsaw 1910 1914

See also

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Consulate General Krakow | U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland". U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Policy History". pl.usembassy.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Poland". history.state.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "U.S. Embassy Warsaw, Poland". diplomacy.state.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Saul 1996
  6. ^ Saul 1996

Bibliography

  • Saul, Norman E. (1996). "Appendix D: Secretaries of Legation and Consuls in Russia". Concord and Conflict: The United States and Russia, 1867–1914. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. pp. 597–600. ISBN 9780700607549.
  • Media related to Embassy of the United States in Warsaw at Wikimedia Commons


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