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George A. Krol

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George Krol
United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan
In office
March 18, 2015 – September 17, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byJohn Ordway
Succeeded byWilliam H. Moser
United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan
In office
July 5, 2011 – December 8, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRichard Norland
Succeeded byPamela Spratlen
United States Ambassador to Belarus
In office
October 22, 2003 – July 24, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMichael Kozak
Succeeded byKaren Stewart
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
Mansfield College, Oxford

George Albert Krol (born 1956) is a United States foreign service officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Krol formerly served as United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan. A position he was sworn in to on January 8, 2015.

Personal life

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Krol's home state is New Jersey. He is the youngest of three sons of Anthony J. Krol of Manchester Township, New Jersey.[1]

He attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City, New Jersey, and received a bachelor's degree in history, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, England.

Krol is married to Melissa Welch.[2]

Career

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Krol joined the United States Foreign Service in 1982, and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He held foreign assignments in Poland, India, the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and in Belarus. He served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in Moscow (1999–2002) and He served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'affaires in Minsk, Belarus (1993–1995). His Washington assignments include Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Director of the Office of Russian Affairs (1997–1999) and Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large for the New Independent States (1995–1997). Krol taught at the National War College and was a member of the State Department's Senior Seminar. He received several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. He speaks Russian and Polish.

He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan 2011-2014 and as the Ambassador to Belarus 2003–2006.

Ambassador Krol served as United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2015 to 2018.[3][4] He was awarded the Order of Dostyk (the Order of Friendship) by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in September 2018[5] and the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal in 2019.[6]

References

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  1. ^ George A. Krol, Our Campaigns. Accessed December 24, 2007.
  2. ^ U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan: Who Is George Krol?, AllGov. Accessed September 15, 2014.
  3. ^ INFORM.KZ (2018-09-11). "President of Kazakhstan honors George Krol". www.inform.kz. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. ^ "George Krol". www.state.gov.
  5. ^ "President of Kazakhstan honors George Krol". inform.kz.
  6. ^ НОВЫЯ ЎРУЧЭНЬНІ МЭДАЛЁЎ ДА СТАГОДЗЬДЗЯ БНР [New awardings of the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal - Rada BNR official website, 26 March 2019
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Belarus
2003–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan
2015–2018
Succeeded by