DETACHMENT HISTORY

List of Ambassadors to Kazakhstan
SECSTATE Visits to Kazakhstan

2022
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
13 September - President: Kazakhstan's capital will again be called Astana | AP News

2021 Caroline Savage Deputy Chief of Mission: Judy Kuo
Charge d'Affaires: Judy Kuo (2021-2022)

2020
01 February - SecState Pompeio Visit

2015
May - Police arrest dozens of anti-government protesters after they hold rallies against controversial land reforms
August - Kazakhstan's currency, the Tenge, plunges in value by more than a third in one day

2011
December
Clashes between striking workers and police in western oil town of Zhanaozen leave 16 people dead. The government declares a state of emergency.

2008 - Detachment Commander: Zachary Eickstead
Watchstanders: James Fetters, Jacob Gauthier

2007 - Detachment Commander: Zachary Eickstead
Watchstanders: James Fetters, Jacob Gauthier

2006 - Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Jacob Gauthier

2004 - Detachment Commander: Doug Cuneo
Watchstanders:

2001 -
December - President Nazarbayev, US President George W Bush meet,

2000 - Detachment Commander: Douglas Cuneo
Watchstanders: Jason Banks
15-16 April - SECSTATE Madeleine Korbel Albright Astana, Almaty Official visit.

1998 -
June 10 (InfoPlease) Kazakhs celebrated the unveiling of their new capital, Astana, which means "capital." The city received an official name change in May 1998 from Aqmola, which meant "white grave." The country decided to move the national capital from Almaty to Astana in 1997.

1993 -
23-24 October - SECSTATE Warren Minor Christopher Meets with President Nazarbayev

1991 -
17 December - SECSTATE James Addison Baker Meets with President Nazarbayev.
(Wikipedia) The United States recognized Kazakhstan ten days later on December 26, 1991. The U.S. embassy was established in Almaty (then named Alma-Ata) on February 3, 1992, with William Harrison Courtney as chargé d'affaires ad interim. He was subsequently appointed as the first U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan. In 1997 the nation's capital was moved to Astana, where the U.S. embassy is now located.

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