U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA TO SPEAK AT LOC

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June 15, 2009

Marie L. Yovanovitch, the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia,
will deliver a Report from Armenia at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June
30, in the Mumford Room, sixth floor of the James Madison Memorial
Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, which
is free and open to the public, is part of the Armenian Seminar series,
sponsored by the Near East Section of the Library’s African and Middle
Eastern Division, with the cooperation of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan.

Ambassador Yovanovitch will discuss the situation in Armenia since her
appointment to the position on Aug. 1, 2008. Her report will cover the
contemporary Armenian scene, U.S.-Armenian relations and USAID-funded
programs and initiatives in Armenia. The presentation will be followed
by questions and answers from the audience. A native of Connecticut,
Ambassador Yovanovitch is a graduate of Princeton University, where
she earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and Russian Studies. She has
studied at the Pushkin Institute and earned a Master of Science from
the National War College. In 1986, she joined the Foreign Service
where she is a Career Member, Class of Minister Counselor.

Prior to her appointment as the sixth U.S. Ambassador to Armenia,
Yovanovitch was ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic from June 2005 to July
2008. From August 2004 to May 2005, she served as senior adviser to
the undersecretary of state for political affairs. From August 2001 to
June 2004, she was the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in
Kyiv, Ukraine. 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.

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