Monday, July 5, 2010

Officially In: George A. Krol to Tashkent

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On July 1, President Obama announced his intent to nominate George A. Krol to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan. The WH released the following brief bio:

George A. Krol is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor.  He currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.  He previously served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, Minister Counselor at the United States Embassy in Moscow and has had other overseas postings in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, India and Poland.  In Washington, he has held several assignments, including Director of the State Department Office of Russian Affairs, Special Assistant to the Ambassador–at-Large for the Newly Independent States and served on the faculty of the National War College.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but raised in New Jersey, Mr. Krol is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, England.



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http://uzbekistan.usembassy.gov/







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