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Uzbekistan
01/07/2011
US envoy to Uzbekistan arrives in Tashkent
US envoy to Uzbekistan arrives in Tashkent
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Uzbekistan George A. Krol arrived in Tashkent. Ambassador George A. Krol was sworn in as United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan on 10 June 2011.
At this post, George A. Krol replaced Richard Norland, who worked in Uzbekistan from September 2007 to July 2010.
George A. Krol is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of Minister-Counselor and most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belarus 2003-2006. He has served in overseas postings in Warsaw, New Delhi, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev and Minsk, and has held several domestic assignments including as Director of the State Department’s Office of Russian Affairs, and as Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-large for the New Independent States.
He has also taught at the National War College and was a member of the State Department’s Senior Seminar.
Ambassador Krol is the recipient of several State Department Meritorious and Superior Honor awards. Ambassador Krol is a graduate of Harvard University and Oxford University, England.
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