NEWLY APPOINTED US AMBASSADOR TO RA TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA IN SEPTEMBER
arminfo
2008-08-05 13:55:00
ArmInfo. On August 1, 2008, Marie L. Yovanovitch was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Republic of Armenia. She is expected to arrive in Armenia in September.
Prior to her appointment to Armenia, Ambassador Yovanovitch was
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic
from 2005 to 2008.
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a career member of the U.S. diplomatic
service, with the personal rank of minister-counselor. Prior to
serving in the Kyrgyz Republic, she 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 Kyiv, Ukraine.
>From May 1998 to May 2000, she served as the Deputy Director of the
Office of Russian Affairs. Her previous overseas assignments include
Ottawa, Moscow, London, and Mogadishu. Ambassador Yovanovitch joined
the Foreign Service in 1986.
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a graduate of 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).
arminfo
2008-08-05 13:55:00
ArmInfo. On August 1, 2008, Marie L. Yovanovitch was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Republic of Armenia. She is expected to arrive in Armenia in September.
Prior to her appointment to Armenia, Ambassador Yovanovitch was
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic
from 2005 to 2008.
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a career member of the U.S. diplomatic
service, with the personal rank of minister-counselor. Prior to
serving in the Kyrgyz Republic, she 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 Kyiv, Ukraine.
>From May 1998 to May 2000, she served as the Deputy Director of the
Office of Russian Affairs. Her previous overseas assignments include
Ottawa, Moscow, London, and Mogadishu. Ambassador Yovanovitch joined
the Foreign Service in 1986.
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a graduate of 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).