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American diplomat (born 1931)

Edward Hurwitz

1st United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
In office September 17, 1992 – October 11, 1994
President	George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Diplomatic relations established
Succeeded by	Eileen A. Malloy
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Acting, as chargé d'affaires
In office June 1983 – March 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Hawthorne Q. Mills (Acting)
Succeeded by	James Maurice Ealum (Acting)

Personal details
Born	(1931-03-21) March 21, 1931 (age 93) New York City, New York, U.S.
Profession	Diplomat, Career Ambassador

Edward Hurwitz (born March 21, 1931) is an American former diplomat. From 1983 to 1986 he was the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Afghanistan, and he served as the first U.S. ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, from 1992 to 1994. Hurwitz was born in New York City on March 21, 1931.

References

Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia The Political Graveyard
"The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR EDWARD HURWITZ" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 15 August 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1993. p. 840. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byHawthorne Q. Mills Acting	U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Acting 1983– 1986	Succeeded byJames Maurice Ealum Acting
Preceded byNone (Position Created)	U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan 1992 – 1994	Succeeded byEileen Malloy

v t e United States ambassadors to Afghanistan
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1935–1948)	Hornibrook Dreyfus Thayer (chargé d'affaires) Engert Palmer
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1948–1979)	Palmer Dreyfus Merrell Ward Tibbetts Mills Byroade Steeves Robert Neumann Eliot Dubs
Chargés d'affaires (1979–1989)	Amstutz Quinn Mills Dunbar Hurwitz Ealum Glassman
The embassy was closed from January 30, 1989, to January 17, 2002; the liaison office reopened on December 17, 2001.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2001–2021)	Dobbins (chargé d'affaires) Crocker (chargé d'affaires) Finn Khalilzad Ronald Neumann Wood Eikenberry Crocker Cunningham McKinley Llorens (chargé d'affaires) Bass Wilson (chargé d'affaires)
The embassy transferred operations to Qatar on August 31, 2021.
Chargés d'affaires (2021–present)	McCary Decker

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