The United States Ambassador to Croatia oversees the diplomatic protocol and bilateral relations of the United States and Croatia. The office was created on April 7, 1992, following the independence of Croatia with an initial U.S. presence in Croatia dating back to May 9, 1946, in the capital city of Zagreb. Croatia has an embassy in Washington, D.C., with general consulates in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. The U.S. has an embassy in Zagreb.
List of U.S. ambassadors to Croatia
Ambassador Term in office # Portrait Name Took office Left office Appointed by 1Peter GalbraithJune 28, 1993January 3, 1998 Bill Clinton 2William Dale MontgomeryJanuary 8, 1998September 17, 2000 3Lawrence G. RossinJanuary 19, 2001June 27, 2003 4Ralph FrankJuly 2, 2003January 7, 2006 George W. Bush 5Robert BradtkeJuly 7, 2006July 13, 2009 6James B. FoleySeptember 15, 2009August 19, 2012 Barack Obama 7Kenneth H. MertenOctober 30, 2012July 18, 2015 8Julieta Valls NoyesOctober 5, 2015November 21, 2017 9 Robert Kohorst January 10, 2018 January 20, 2021 Donald Trump 10 Nathalie Rayes January 25, 2024 January 20, 2025 Joe Biden 11 Nicole McGraw October 21, 2025Present Donald Trump
See also Foreign relations of Croatia Croatian Americans and the Croatian diaspora
References
Further reading United States Department of State: Background notes on Croatia
External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Croatia United States Department of State: Croatia United States Embassy in Zagreb