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The United States recognized Egyptian independence from the United Kingdom on April 26, 1922, following a proclamation by President Warren G. Harding.This recognition elevated the U.S. representation in Egypt from a consular to a diplomatic mission, and the U.S. Diplomatic Agent and Consul General in Cairo, J. Morton Howell, became the head of the American Legation.
Relations between Egypt and the United States have been continuous since 1848, except for the period between 1967 and 1974. The then United Arab Republic severed relations with the U.S. following the Six-Day War; Egypt restored relations following the Yom Kippur War. The United States Embassy in Egypt is located in Cairo.
Cairo Swaziland: Embassy 2011 Honduras: Embassy [a] Unknown Iran: Embassy 1979 Nicaragua: Embassy [b] 2023 Paraguay: Embassy 2024 [9] Alexandria Brazil: Consulate Unknown Canada: Consulate-General 1984 Germany: Consulate-General 2008 India: Consulate-General Unknown Italy: Consulate-General 2014 [10] Japan: Consulate 1999 Morocco: Consulate ...
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. [1] A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Rubinstein also served as Consul General and Chief of Mission in Jerusalem from 2009 to 2012, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan from 2005 to 2008, and as Chief of the Civilian Observer Unit in the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt.
Embassy Bissau operations were suspended in 1998. Services are provided by Embassy Dakar. Kenya Nairobi (E) All of Kenya, Puntland, and Somalia, and ACS and visa services for Eritrea and South Sudan (except A and G visas) Lesotho Maseru (E) All of Lesotho Liberia Monrovia (E) All of Liberia Madagascar Antananarivo (E)
Nevertheless, on September 11, 2012, (the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks) Egyptian protesters stormed the US embassy in Cairo, tore down the American flag, and replaced it with a flag with Islamic symbols [24] [25] to mock the Americans after an anti-Islamic movie denigrating the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, was shot in the United ...
The United States maintained diplomatic relations with the government-in-exile of Greece in London (1941–43) and then in Cairo (1943–44). Ambassador MacVeagh reopened the embassy on October 27, 1944. [4] The U.S. Legation was raised to Embassy status on September 29, 1942.