 The American embassy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu was established on July 1, 1960, with Andrew G. Lynch as Chargé d'Affaires "ad interim".He was promoted to "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" four days later on July 5, 1960.After the collapse of the Siad Barre regime and the start of the civil war in the early 1990s, the U.S. embassy closed down.