George A. Krol
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George Albert Krol is a U.S. foreign service officer and the previous United States Ambassador to Belarus.
Krol joined the United States Foreign Service in 1982, and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has held foreign assignments in Poland, India, the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and also previously in Belarus. He most recently served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in Moscow (1999-2002). He also served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'Affaires in Minsk, Belarus (1993-1995). His Washington assignments include Director of the Office of Russian Affairs (1997-99) and Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large for the New Independent States (1995-97). Ambassador Krol has received several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. He speaks Russian and Polish.
Krol's home state is New Jersey. He is the youngest of three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Krol of Manchester Township, New Jersey. He attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Jersey City, and received a Bachelor's degree in History, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, England.
Ambassador Krol is unmarried.
