NEWLY-APPOINTED US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA SEP 17

ArmInfo
2008-09-17 17:14:00

ArmInfo. Newly-appointed US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch
will arrive in Armenia on September 17, the US Embassy in Armenia
told ArmInfo correspondent.

To recall, Marie L. Yovanovitch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic
of Armenia on August 1, 2008. 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). She masters Russian and French.

To note, the post of the US ambassador to Armenia has been vacant
since September 2006 after premature completion of Ambassador John
Evans’ diplomatic mission.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress