The United States Embassy in Poland (Polish: Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych w Polsce) is situated on Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw, Poland. The United States also maintains a consulate in Kraków.
History Diplomatic relations between the United States and Poland were established on May 2, 1919, when the first U.S. Minister to Poland, Hugh S. Gibson, presented his credentials. On January 31, 1930, Alexander P. Moore was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador to Poland, but he died before taking office. John N. Willys succeeded him, presenting his credentials on May 24, 1930, and serving until May 30, 1932.
With the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., left Warsaw and followed the Government of Poland to France, and later to London as the war progressed. After the end of World War II, the U.S. Embassy was re-established in Warsaw on July 31, 1945. Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane, appointed on September 21, 1944, presented his credentials on August 4, 1945, and his tenure continued until February 24, 1947.
Consulate
The consulate in Warsaw operated from 1875 on.
+ List of United States Consuls General in Warsaw Name Official residence Appointment Termination Josew Rawicz Warsaw 1875 1901 Boleslaw Horodynski Warsaw 1901 1902 Hernando de Soto 1902 1904 Clarence R. Slocum 1903 1905 Albert Leffinwell 1905 1906 Thomas E. Heenan Odessa 1906 1910 Henando de Soto Warsaw 1910 1914
See also Embassy of Poland, Washington, D.C. List of ambassadors of the United States to Poland Poland–United States relations
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