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The South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of South Africa to the United States. It is located at 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row neighborhood. [2]
The position of South African ambassador to the United States is the most prestigious and top diplomatic post in South Africa. The position was first held in March 1949, following the upgrade of South Africa's diplomatic mission to an embassy. The post has been held by many important politicians and was most recently held by Nomaindia Mfeketo.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of South Africa. South Africa dramatically expanded its diplomatic presence globally, especially in Africa, in the immediate years after the end of apartheid . It was the only country to have embassies in the various bantustan states of Transkei , Venda , Bophuthatswana and Ciskei that South Africa established.
Embassy Row [29] Central African Republic: 2704 Ontario Rd NW Adams Morgan [30] Chad: 2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [31] Chile: 1732 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [32] China: 3505 International Place NW North Cleveland Park [33] Colombia: 1724 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [34] Congo, Republic of: 1720 16th Street NW ...
The United States recognized the Union of South Africa on November 5, 1929, with President Herbert Hoover accepting the credentials of Eric Louw as diplomat of the Union of South Africa. [1] On December 21, 1948, the legations of South Africa and the United States were elevated to embassy status. [1]
The United States appointed its first envoy to South Africa, Ralph J. Totten, in 1929. He was appointed as Minister Resident/Consul General and promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary the following year. South Africa was renamed the Republic of South Africa on May 31, 1961, after links to the British crown were severed.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United States. At present, 175 nations maintain diplomatic missions to the United States in the capital, Washington, D.C. Being the seat of the Organization of American States , the city also hosts missions of its member-states, separate from their respective embassies to the United States.
Reuben E. Brigety II (born September 7, 1973) is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to South Africa since August 2022. He was the vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, from 2020 to 2021.