Marie Yovanovitch
Marie Yovanovitch | |
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| United States Ambassador to Ukraine | |
| Assumed office August 18, 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Pyatt |
| United States Ambassador to Armenia | |
| In office September 22, 2008 – June 9, 2011 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Evans |
| Succeeded by | John Heffern |
| United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan | |
| In office February 4, 2005 – February 4, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Stephen Young |
| Succeeded by | Tatiana Gfoeller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1958 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | Princeton University National Defense University |
Marie Louise Yovanovitch (born November 11, 1958[1][2]) is the 9th United States Ambassador to Ukraine, after being sworn in on August 18, 2016 after having been nominated to the post on May 18, 2016 to replace Geoff Pyatt.[3][4] Prior to that, from August 1, 2008 to June 3, 2011, she was the Ambassador from the United States of America to Armenia. She was the first woman to hold this position. She was previously Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.
Career
Ambassador Yovanovitch of Connecticut, a career member of the senior foreign service, Class of Counselor, was nominated on June 3, 2005 to serve as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 2005.
Prior to her appointment as U.S. Ambassador, Yovanovitch was the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from August 2004 to May 2005. From August 2001 to June 2004, she was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.[5] Prior to this assignment, from May 1998 to May 2000, she served as the Deputy Director of the Russian Desk. Her previous overseas assignments include Ottawa, Moscow, London, and Mogadishu. Yovanovitch joined the foreign service in 1986.
Personal life
Marie Yovanovitch is the daughter of Michel Yovanovitch and Nadia (Theokritoff) Yovanovitch.[6]
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a graduate of Kent School and Princeton University where she earned a BA in History and Russian Studies (1980). She has studied at the Pushkin Institute (1980) and received an MS from the National War College (2001).
Ambassador Yovanovitch speaks Russian and French and is learning Kyrgyz and Armenian.
References
- ^ На пост нового посла в Армении США выдвинули Мари Йованович
- ^ Marie L. Yovanovitch was born on 11 November 1958. She is (or was) living at Kent School, Kent, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" (Press release). White House Press Office. May 18, 2016.
- ^ Revesz, Rachel (January 20, 2017). "Donald Trump has fired all foreign US ambassadors with nobody to replace them". The Independent. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ New U.S. ambassador expected in Kyiv next week, UNIAN (20 August 2016)
- ^ "Executive Reports of Committees (Senate)". Congressional Record. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- "Marie L. Yovanovitch". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- United States Embassy in Yerevan: The Ambassador
- "Marie L. Yovanovitch". U.S. Embassy in Yerevan. Retrieved 2008-09-02. [dead link]
External links
- Marie L. Yovanovitch, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
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- 1958 births
- Ambassadors of the United States to Armenia
- Ambassadors of the United States to Kyrgyzstan
- Ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine
- American people of Jewish descent
- American women diplomats
- Kent School alumni
- Living people
- National War College alumni
- People from Montreal
- Princeton University alumni
- United States Foreign Service personnel