Richard E. Hoagland

Richard E. Hoagland is a foreign ambassador in the United States Department of State, appointed to serve as ambassador to Tajikistan on October 16, 2003 to a term which ended on August 31, 2006.

He was nominated for the United States ambassadorship to Armenia on May 23, 2006. His predecessor John Marshall Evans was recalled from his position in May 2006 after publicly speaking about the Armenian Genocide"The Boston Globe", August 30, 2006: [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/08/30/armenians_try_to_stall_appointment_of_us_envoy/ “Armenians Try to Stall Appointment of U.S. Envoy”] ] . On September 12, 2006, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez issued a hold on the confirmation vote for Hoagland, stating that "if the Bush Administration continues to refuse to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide, then there is certainly cause for great alarm, which is why I am placing a hold on this nominee." Armenian National Committee of America, September 12, 2006: [http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=994 “ANCA Welcomes Menendez ‘Hold’ on Hoagland Nomination”] ] http://www.yerkir.am/eng/index.php?sub=news_arm&id=28500 White House Repeatedly Offered Hoagland’s Candidacy as US Ambassador to Armenia] ] .The nomination was withdrawn by the White House on August 3, 2007 "The White House" August 03, 2007: [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070803-3.html "Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate"] ]

A poll from end of December, start of January 2007, conducted by the Armenian National Committee of America showed that 97% of American Armenians oppose Hoagland's appointment ["Armenian National Committee of America", January 8, 2007: [http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1049 NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ARMENIAN AMERICANS OPPOSE HOAGLAND NOMINATION] ] .

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