List of ambassadors of Croatia to the United States
Diplomatic agrément Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador President of Croatia Prime Minister of Croatia U.S. President
August 1 , 1992 Franjo Tuđman Franjo Gregurić George H. W. Bush
1 October 7 , 1992 November 19 , 1992 Petar A. Šarčević Franjo Tuđman Franjo Gregurić George H. W. Bush
2 February 1 , 1996 February 6 , 1996 Miomir Žužul Franjo Tuđman Zlatko Mateša Bill Clinton
3 December 7 , 2000 February 14 , 2001 Ivan Grdešić Stjepan Mesić Ivica Račan Bill Clinton
4 July 20 , 2004 September 15 , 2004 Neven Jurica Stjepan Mesić Ivo Sanader George W. Bush
5 April 7 , 2008 April 9 , 2008 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Stjepan Mesić Ivo Sanader George W. Bush
6 April 20 , 2012 May 2 , 2012 Josip Paro Ivo Josipović Zoran Milanović Barack Obama
7 September 8 , 2017 Pjer Šimunović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Andrej Plenković Donald Trump
List of diplomatic representatives of Croatia to the United States ( 1992- )
The Ambassador of Croatia in Washington, D. C. is the extraordinary and plenipotentiary representative of the Government of the Republic of Croatia in Zagreb to the Government of the United States. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1992 and the first Croatian ambassador to the United States was Petar A. Šarčević.