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Deactivation = When an Embassy is closed.
US Embassy / MSG Detachment
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DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated Comments / Sources
Afghanistan (Kabul) June 5, 1948 - January 30, 1989
January 17, 2002 - August 31, 2021
MSG Detachment - Kabul August 31, 2021
_____________________Albania (Tirana) March 15, 1991 (Resumed diplomatic relations ONLY)
MSG Det Tirana - Under Construction
_____________________Algeria (Algiers) September 29, 1962 - June 6, 1967
November 12, 1974
MSG Det Algiers - Under Construction
_____________________Andorra (Madrid, Spain) February 6, 1996
NO MSG DETACHMENT
_____________________Angola (Luanda) July 14, 1994
MSG Detachment Luanda - Under Construction_____________________
Antigua & Barbuda (Bridgetown) November 1, 1981 - June 30, 1994
MSG Det Bridgetown - Under Construction U.S. Embassy to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts
& Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent & Grenadine
_____________________
Argentina (Buenos Aires) October 1, 1914 - June 27, 1944
MSG Det Buenos Aires - Under Construction
_____________________Armenia (Yerevan) February 3, 1992
MSG Det Yerevan - Under Construction
_____________________
Australia (Canberra) September 11, 1946
MSG Detachment Canberra - Under Construction
Consulate: Perth
Consulate: Sydney,
Consulate: Melbourne
______________________Austria (Vienna) November 16, 1951
MSG Detachment Vienna - Under Construction
______________________Azerbaijan (Baku) March 16, 1992
MSG Detachment Baku
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DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated Comments / Source
Bahamas, The (Nassau) July 10, 1973
MSG Detachment Nassau
_____________________Bahrain (Manama) September 21, 1971
MSG Detachment Manama
_____________________Bangladesh (Dhaka) April 13, 1974
MSG Detachment Dhaka
______________________Barbados (Bridgetown) November 30, 1966
MSG Detachment Bridgetown - Under Construction
______________________Belarus (Minsk) January 31, 1992 - February 28, 2022
MSG Detachment Minsk- Under Construction
______________________Belgium (Brussels) October 3, 1919 - July 15, 1940
September 14, 1944
MSG Detachment Brussels
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Belize (Belmopan) October 29, 1981 December 11, 2006 (Embassy moved from Belize City to Belmopan) MSG Detachment Belmopan - Under Construction
______________________Benin (Cotonou) February 15, 1961
MSG Detachment Cotonou Page - Under Construction
______________________Bolivia (La Paz) January 4, 1942
MSG Detachment La Paz
______________________Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serajevo) November 10, 1993
MSG Det Sarajevo Page - Under Construction
______________________Botswana (Gaborone) September 30, 1966
MSG Detachment Gaborone Page - Under Construction______________________
Brazil (Brasilia) January 13, 1905
MSG Det USEmb Brasilia
MSG Det Rio de Janeiro Page
MSG Det Sao Paulo Page
ConGen Rio de Janeiro US Embassy moved from Rio to Brasilia November 1970
ConGen Sao Paulo
_______________________Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan) May 28, 1984
NO MSG DETACHMENT
________________________Bulgaria (Sofia) November 28, 1966.
MSG Det Sofia Page
________________________Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) December 31, 1960
MSG Det Ouagadougou Page - Under Construction
________________________Myanmar (Yangon) September 18, 1947
MSG Det Rangoon-Yangon Page - Under Construction
Burma - (Rangoon )Burundi (Bujumbura) September 16, 1963.
MSG Det Bujumbura Page - Under Construction
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated Comments / Sources
Cabo Verde (Praia) January 28, 1978
________________________Cambodia (Phnom Penh) June 24, 1952 - May 3, 1965
August 16, 1969 - April 12, 1975
May 17, 1994
________________________Canada (Ottawa) November 19, 1943
US Con Calgary
US Con Halifax
US Con Montreal
US Con Quebec City
US Con Toronto
US Con Vancouver
US Con Winnipeg
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_______________________Central African Republic (Bangui) February 10, 1961
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_______________________Chad (N’Djamena) February 1, 1961 - March 24, 1980
January 15, 1982
_______________________China (Beijing) June 18, 1935 December 8, 1941 Embassy was moved to Chongqing
Consulate General in Guangzhou March 1, 1979 December 7, 1941, Japanese capture of U.S. Embassy facilities in Peking
U.S. Consulate in Shanghai May 1, 1946, the U.S. Embassy was moved to Nanjing
U.S. Consulate in Shenyang August 5, 1949, the U.S. Embassy was moved to Guangzhou
U.S. Consulate General in Wuhan October 18, 1949, the U.S. Embassy was moved to Chongqing
December 19, 1949, the U.S. Embassy was moved to Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan)
The U.S. embassy in Taipei was closed on February 28, 1979.
U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing was converted to an Embassy on March 1, 1979
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_____________________Colombia (Bogotá)
Consular Agency: Barranquilla
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
______________________Costa Rica (San José) March 27, 1943
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_____________________Cote d’Ivoire (Abidjan) August 7, 1960
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_____________________Croatia (Zagreb) August 25, 1992
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
_____________________Cuba (Havana ) February 10, 1923 - January 3, 1961 U.S. Interests Section established in Havana within Swiss Embassy September 1, 1977.
July 20, 2015
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
______________________Cyprus (Nicosia) September 19, 1960
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
______________________Czech Republic - Czechia (Prague) January 1, 1993 - July 15, 1995
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
______________________Czechoslovakia* (Prague) May 29, 1945 - December 31, 1992 Czech & Slovak Federal Republic succeeded by: Czech Republic and Slovakia
MSG Detachment - Under Construction
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated Comments / Sources
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
June 30, 1960
________________________________________________Denmark (Copenhagen) March 18, 1947
Embassy: Copenhagen
Consulate: Nuuk - Greenland
________________________________________________Djibouti (Djibouti) June 27, 1977
________________________________________________Dominica *No Embassy - Ambassador is resident in Bridgetown Barbados
________________________________________________Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) March 23, 1943
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)*
WWII Ended - May 8, 1945, Germany occupied and divided into four zones maintained by United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France.
1947: , US & Great Britain merged zones.
September 1949: German Federal Republic (West Germany) created FRP, American, British, and French zones
October 7 1949: Soviets created of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, commonly known as East Germany) out of their zone of occupation.
May 6, 1955: US Full (FRG) diplomatic relations
________________________________________________Ecuador : (Quito) March 5, 1942
Embassy: QuitoConsulate: Guayaquil
________________________________________________Egypt (Cairo)
February 28, 1974
________________________________________________El Salvador (San Salvador) March 23, 1943
________________________________________________Equatorial Guinea (Malabo ) August 1, 1969 - March 14, 1976
June 11, 1981 - October 31, 1995November 23, 2006 (2005) Capital City renamed from Santa Isabel
(2013) New Embassy Building inaugurated.
________________________________________________Eritrea (Asmara) June 11, 1993
________________________________________________Estonia (Tallinn) October 2, 1991
________________________________________________Eswatini (Mbabane) September 6, 1968 (April 2018) Country name changed from Swaziland
________________________________________________Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) June 28, 1949
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Fiji (Suva) November 1, 1971
US Embassy Suva, Fiji
US Embassy Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
US Consulate Papeete, French Polynesia
Kiribati, Nauru, & Tuvalu
________________________________________________Finland (Helsinki) November 15, 1952
________________________________________________France (Paris) April 8, 1893 - WWII: Provisional Government of the French Republic (PGFR). On October 19, 1944
US Embassy Paris December 1, 1944
U.S. Consulate in Bordeaux * US Embassy in France includes Principality of Monaco
U.S. Consulate in Lyon
U.S. Consulate in Marseille
U.S. Consulate in Rennes
U.S. Consulate in Strasbourg________________________________________________
Gabon (Libreville) March 20, 1961
________________________________________________Gambia, The (Banjul) September 9, 1965 ( 1973: Capital City of Bathurst changed name to Banjul)
________________________________________________Georgia (T’bilisi) April 23, 1992
________________________________________________Germany October 26, 1893 - February 3, 1917 (WWI) *Federal Germany.
August 25, 1921 - December 11, 1941 (WWII)
German Federal Republic (Bonn) May 14, 1955
German Democratic Republic (Berlin) December 9, 1974
German Reunification (Bonn) August 31, 1990
(Berlin) July 7, 1999
________________________________________________Ghana (Accra) March 6, 1957
________________________________________________Greece (Athens) October 30, 1942 WWII (In exile - Great Briton)
US Embassy: Athens
US Consulate: Thessaloniki
________________________________________________Grenada (St Georges) February 2, 1984 St. George’s (Covered by U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados)
________________________________________________Guatemala (Guatemala City) August 10, 1882 - July 2, 1954
July 12, 1954
________________________________________________Guinea (Conakry) February 13, 1959
________________________________________________Guinea-Bissau
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Haiti
________________________________________________Hanover*
________________________________________________Hanseatic Republics*
________________________________________________Hawaii*
________________________________________________Hesse*
________________________________________________Holy See
________________________________________________Honduras
________________________________________________
Iceland
________________________________________________India
________________________________________________Indonesia
________________________________________________Iran
________________________________________________Iraq
________________________________________________Ireland
________________________________________________Israel
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Jamaica
________________________________________________Japan
________________________________________________Jordan
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Kazakhstan
________________________________________________Kenya
________________________________________________Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia*
________________________________________________Kiribati
________________________________________________Korea
________________________________________________Kosovo
________________________________________________Kuwait
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Laos
________________________________________________Latvia
________________________________________________Lebanon
________________________________________________Lesotho
________________________________________________Lew Chew (Loochoo)*
________________________________________________Liberia
________________________________________________Libya
________________________________________________Liechtenstein
________________________________________________Lithuania
________________________________________________Luxembourg
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Madagascar
________________________________________________Malawi
________________________________________________Malaysia
________________________________________________Maldives
________________________________________________Mali
________________________________________________Malta
________________________________________________Marshall Islands
________________________________________________Mauritania
________________________________________________Mauritius
________________________________________________Mecklenburg-Schwerin*
________________________________________________Mecklenburg-Strelitz*
________________________________________________Mexico
________________________________________________Micronesia
________________________________________________Moldova
________________________________________________Monaco
________________________________________________Mongolia
________________________________________________Montenegro
________________________________________________Morocco
________________________________________________Mozambique
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Namibia
________________________________________________Nassau*
________________________________________________Nauru
________________________________________________Nepal
________________________________________________Netherlands, The
________________________________________________New Zealand
________________________________________________Nicaragua
________________________________________________Niger
________________________________________________Nigeria
________________________________________________Niue
________________________________________________North German Confederation*
________________________________________________North German Union*
________________________________________________North Macedonia
________________________________________________Norway
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Oldenburg*
________________________________________________Oman
________________________________________________Orange Free State*
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Pakistan
________________________________________________Palau
________________________________________________Panama
________________________________________________Papal States*
________________________________________________Papua New Guinea
________________________________________________Paraguay
________________________________________________Peru
________________________________________________Philippines
________________________________________________Piedmont-Sardinia*
________________________________________________Poland
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Qatar
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Republic of Genoa*
________________________________________________Republic of Korea (South Korea)
________________________________________________Republic of the Congo
________________________________________________Romania
________________________________________________Russia
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Saint Kitts and Nevis
________________________________________________Saint Lucia
________________________________________________Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
________________________________________________Samoa
________________________________________________San Marino
________________________________________________Sao Tome and Principe
________________________________________________Saudi Arabia
________________________________________________Schaumburg-Lippe*
________________________________________________Senegal
________________________________________________Serbia
________________________________________________Seychelles
________________________________________________Sierra Leone
________________________________________________Singapore
________________________________________________Slovakia
________________________________________________Slovenia
________________________________________________Solomon Islands (Honiara) July 4, 1988 - July 30, 1993
January 27, 2023
________________________________________________Somalia (Mogadishu) July 1, 1960 - January 5, 1991
December 2, 2018
________________________________________________South Africa (Pretoria) March 23, 1949
Consulate: Cape Town
Consulate: Durban
Consulate: Johannesburg
________________________________________________South Sudan (Juba) July 9, 2011
________________________________________________Spain (Madrid) September 10, 1913 *Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Embassy moved to consulate- Barcelona / then to St. Jean de Luz, France
US ConGen: (Barcelona) April 13, 1939
________________________________________________Sri Lanka (Colombo) August 3, 1949
________________________________________________Sudan (Khartoum) February 15, 1956 - June 6, 1967
July 25, 1972 February 7, 1996 *Wikipedia: Ambassador Cleo A. Noel, Jr. was assassinated at post on March 2, 1973
May 23, 2002 - April 22, 2023
________________________________________________Suriname (Paramaribo) November 25, 1975
________________________________________________Sweden (Stockholm) December 5, 1947
________________________________________________Switzerland (Bern) October 9, 1953
________________________________________________Syria (Damascus) November 17, 1944 - February 25, 1958
October 10, 1961 - June 6, 1967 (Arab-Israeli War)
June 16, 1974 - February 6, 2012
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Tajikistan (Dushanbe) March 13, 1992
________________________________________________Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam) December 9, 1961
________________________________________________Texas* (Houston) March 6, 1837 December 29, 1845 Pre 1948
________________________________________________Thailand (Bangkok) May 9, 1947
US Consulate General - (Chang Mai) 1950 1986 Chang Mai was a Consulate from 1950 - 1986
________________________________________________Timor-Leste (Dili) May 20, 2002
________________________________________________Togo (Lomé) April 27, 1960
________________________________________________Tonga (Nuku‘alofa) May 9, 2023
________________________________________________Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain) August 31, 1962
________________________________________________Tunisia (Tunis) June 6, 1956
________________________________________________Turkey (Ankara) June 18, 1906 - April 20, 1917
February 17, 1927
Consulate Gen (Istanbul)
Consulate Gen (Adana)
________________________________________________Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) March 17, 1992
________________________________________________Tuvalu (US Embassy in Suva, Fiji) No MSG Detachment
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Uganda (Kampala) October 9, 1962
________________________________________________Ukraine (Kyiv) January 23, 1992
________________________________________________Union of Soviet Socialist Republics* November 16, 1933 December 26, 1991 USSR Dissolved to Become Russian Federation
________________________________________________United Arab Emirates, The
________________________________________________United Kingdom, The (London) June 22, 1893
US Consulate, Belfast
US Consulate, Edinburgh
US Consulate, Hamilton (Bermuda)
________________________________________________Uruguay (Montevideo) January 11, 1941
________________________________________________Uzbekistan (Tashkent) March 16, 1992
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Vanuatu (Papua New Guinea) No Embassy in Vanuatu
________________________________________________Venezuela (Caracus) 1939 - March 2019
________________________________________________Vietnam RVN (Saigon) June 24, 1952 - April 29, 1975
Vietnam (Hanoi) August 6, 1995
Consulate: Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)
________________________________________________
Württemberg* February 3, 1917 Severed diplomatic relations with German Empire (WWI)
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated MSG Det Activated - MSG Det Deactivated Comments / Sources
Yemen North Yemen - (Taiz) January 28, 1963 - June 7, 1967
________________________________________________
Yemen National Arab Republic - (San'aa) December 19, 1972
United Arab Republic May 22, 1990
Embassy moved from Taiz, North Yemen to San'a Yemen National Arab Republic
________________________________________________
DOS History (Embassy) Activated - Deactivated Comments / Sources
South Yemen (Aden) December 7, 1967 Oct 26, 1969
Apr 30, 1990 May 22, 1990 South Yemen / Yemen National Arab Republic unified "United Arab Republic
MSG Detachment
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