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Chiefs of Mission for Albania
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Chiefs of Mission
- Ulysses Grant-Smith (1870–1959)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, December 4, 1922–February 8, 1925
- Charles Calmer Hart (1878–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, August 1, 1925–December 13, 1928
- Charles Calmer Hart (1878–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, December 13, 1928–December 12, 1929
- Herman Bernstein (1876–1935)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, April 28, 1930–September 24, 1933
- George Post Wheeler (1869–1956)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, November 28, 1933–November 1, 1934
- Hugh Gladney Grant (1888–1972)
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Albania, November 8, 1935–September 27, 1939
- Italian forces occupied Tirana on April 8, 1939. Legation Tirana was officially closed on September 16, 1939. The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Albania on March 15, 1991. Embassy Tirana opened on October 1, 1991.
- Christopher Robert Hill (1952–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, October 1, 1991–December 21, 1991
- William Edwin Ryerson (1936–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 21, 1991–October 13, 1994
- Joseph Edward Lake (1941–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 17, 1994–March 15, 1996
- Marisa R. Lino (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 4, 1996–May 20, 1999
- Joseph A. Limprecht (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, September 8, 1999–May 19, 2002
- James Franklin Jeffrey (1946–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 22, 2002–May 2, 2004
- Marcie B. Ries (1950–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, October 30, 2004–June 16, 2007
- John L. Withers (1948–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, August 29, 2007–August 16, 2010
- Alexander A. Arvizu (1958–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, December 6, 2010–January 11, 2015
- Donald Lu (1966–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 13, 2015–September 19, 2018
- Leyla Moses-Ones (?–)
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, September 19, 2018–
- Yuri Kim (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, January 27, 2020–
Other Nominees
- Katherine A. Kavalec (?–)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary: Nominated July 3, 2018; nominaion returned by the Senate on January 3, 2019.