United States Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

The United States Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has the rank of Ambassador and is based in The Hague, Netherlands, the seat of the OPCW. The current permanent representative is Kenneth D. Ward.  Ambassador Ward was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December 2015 [1][2] and he presented his credentials to director-general Üzümcü on December 17, 2015.[3]

Permanent Representative of the United States to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Kenneth D. Ward since December 2015
Nominator	The President of the United States

Previous permanent representatives:

• Donald A. Mahley was confirmed by the senate[4] and served from 2000 until April 2002.
• Eric M. Javits was confirmed by the senate in April 2003 [5] and served until January 2009. After Ambassador Javits's departure, Robert Mikulak became the United States Representative to the Executive Council in the absence of a permanent representative from January 2009 until November 2010.[6][7]
• Robert P. Mikulak was confirmed by the senate in September 2010[8] and served until July 2015. He presented his credentials on November 29, 2010 to director-general Üzümcü.

See also

• Chemical Weapons Convention
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• United States ambassador to the Netherlands

References

1. "PN672 - Nomination of Kenneth Damian Ward for Department of State, 114th Congress (2015-2016)". www.congress.gov. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
2. "Ambassadorial Nominations | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
3. "United States of America". OPCW.
4. "PN875 - Nomination of Donald Arthur Mahley for Department of State, 106th Congress (1999-2000)". www.congress.gov. 2000-05-24. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
5. "Senate Nomination of Eric M. Javits".
6. "testimony of Robert P. Mikulak, Ambassador-Designate to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Senate Foreign Relations Committee" (PDF). United States Senate. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
7. "permanent representations". OPCW. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
8. "https://www.congress.gov/nomination/111th-congress/1952?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Robert+P.+Mikulak%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=2". United States Senate. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010. External link in |title= (help)