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09/12/2003 | peter byrne
NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN UKRAINE
September 12, 2003
Ambassador John E. Herbst is scheduled to arrive in Kyiv tomorrow, Saturday,
September 13, to assume his duties as U.S. Ambassador. Ambassador Herbst
will meet Foreign Minister Hryshchenko on September 15 and will make remarks
to the press following that meeting at approximately 3:20 p.m. outside the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Herbst will present his credentials
soon after his arrival.
Ambassador Herbst, who has the rank of Minister-Counselor, most recently
served as the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He assumed that post in
October 2000. Prior to becoming Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Mr. Herbst served
as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem. Previously, he served as the
Principal Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for the Newly Independent
States, the Director of the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth
Affairs and as the Director of Regional Affairs in the Near East Bureau of
the State Department. Mr. Herbst has also worked overseas as political
counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and at the embassies in Moscow and
Saudi Arabia. He joined the Foreign Service in 1979.
Ambassador Herbst was born on August 12, 1952, in Rockville Center, New
York. He received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in 1974, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa,
and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy in 1978. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center. He is fluent in Russian,
has a working knowledge of Arabic, and is studying Ukrainian.
Ambassador Herbst will be accompanied in Kyiv by his wife Nadezhda and three
of their five children.
Press wishing to cover Amb. Herbst's remarks outside the MFA on September 15
should register with the Public Affairs Section of the American Embassy no
later than 12:00 p.m. September 15. Please call 490-4026 or 490-4129 to
register. No late registrations will be accepted and journalists must be on
the list to gain entrance to the MFA grounds.
September 12, 2003
Ambassador John E. Herbst is scheduled to arrive in Kyiv tomorrow, Saturday,
September 13, to assume his duties as U.S. Ambassador. Ambassador Herbst
will meet Foreign Minister Hryshchenko on September 15 and will make remarks
to the press following that meeting at approximately 3:20 p.m. outside the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Herbst will present his credentials
soon after his arrival.
Ambassador Herbst, who has the rank of Minister-Counselor, most recently
served as the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He assumed that post in
October 2000. Prior to becoming Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Mr. Herbst served
as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem. Previously, he served as the
Principal Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for the Newly Independent
States, the Director of the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth
Affairs and as the Director of Regional Affairs in the Near East Bureau of
the State Department. Mr. Herbst has also worked overseas as political
counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and at the embassies in Moscow and
Saudi Arabia. He joined the Foreign Service in 1979.
Ambassador Herbst was born on August 12, 1952, in Rockville Center, New
York. He received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service in 1974, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa,
and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy in 1978. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School
of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center. He is fluent in Russian,
has a working knowledge of Arabic, and is studying Ukrainian.
Ambassador Herbst will be accompanied in Kyiv by his wife Nadezhda and three
of their five children.
Press wishing to cover Amb. Herbst's remarks outside the MFA on September 15
should register with the Public Affairs Section of the American Embassy no
later than 12:00 p.m. September 15. Please call 490-4026 or 490-4129 to
register. No late registrations will be accepted and journalists must be on
the list to gain entrance to the MFA grounds.