Geoffrey R. Pyatt

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Geoffrey R. Pyatt
United States Ambassador to Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 3, 2013[1]
President Barack Obama
Preceded by John F. Tefft
Personal details
Born 1963[2]
La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA[2]
Spouse(s) Mary[3]
Children William and Claire[3]
Profession Career FSO

Geoffrey R. Pyatt (born 1963 in San Diego),[2] is the current United States Ambassador to Ukraine.[1] Pyatt's U.S. State Department career landed him posts in Asia, Europe, and Latin America.[1]

Early life

Pyatt was born 1963 in La Jolla, an affluent neighborhood of San Diego, California.[2] Pyatt received his bachelor’s degree in political studies in 1985 at the University of California, Irvine, and a master’s degree in international relations at Yale University in 1987.[2][4]

Diplomatic career

Pyatt started his diplomatic career in Honduras, from 1990 till 1992 he worked as vice-consul and economic officer in Tegucigalpa.[2] The highest position (before his current post) was deputy chief of diplomatic mission in India in 2006 and 2007.[2] After that he worked as deputy chief of U.S. mission to International Atomic Energy Agency and other international organizations in Vienna.[2] Prior to his current position Pyatt served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs from May 2010 until July 2013.[1][2]

Pyatt took the Oath of Office of United States Ambassador to Ukraine on 30 July 2013 in the Harry S Truman Building of the US State Department in Washington, D.C.[2] Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted Pyatt's credentials on 15 August 2013.[1] After his appointment, Pyatt started actively studying the Ukrainian language.[2] On 15 October 2013 Pyatt attended an international conference on fighting anti-Semitism in Kiev; but could not address the audience at the event due to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013.[5] Pyatt became part of a diplomatic scandal in January 2014, when his conversation with the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State, Victoria Nuland, was apparently intercepted and uploaded to YouTube.[6]

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Yanukovych accepts credentials from new US ambassador, discusses with him Ukrainian-US relations", Interfax-Ukraine (15 August 2013)
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 "Welcome, Mr. Pyatt!", Den, 5 August 2013.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Introducing U.S. Ambassador Geoff Pyatt to Ukraine, Embassy of the United States, Kiev per YouTube (7 August 2013)
    4. ↑ Biography, U.S. State Department
    5. ↑ "Ambassador Pyatt decides not to speak at public events in Kyiv due to US government shutdown", Interfax-Ukraine, 15 October 2013.
    6. ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Leaked phone call embarrasses US". BBC News. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014. 

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    Diplomatic posts
    Preceded by
    John F. Tefft    		 United States Ambassador to Ukraine
    2013-     		Succeeded by
    Incumbent
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