White House sends to Senate Nomination of New US Ambassador to Turkmenistan

 White House sent to the senate Wednesday the nomination of the new US envoy to Turkmenistan.

A White House press release says that George A. Krol, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, [has been nominated] to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Turkmenistan.

Krol was US ambassador to Belarus since 13 August 2003 where the Minsk government believed that he was encouraging demonstrations against the government aimed at bringing the regime change.

The US department of state website that has not updated the bio of Krol since 24 September 2003, says:

Ambassador George Albert Krol is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and 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 (1997-1999) and Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large for the New Independent States (1995-1997). Ambassador Krol has received several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. He speaks Russian and Polish.

Ambassador Krol’s home state is New Jersey. He attended St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City, New Jersey, 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.

His interests include history, hiking, and occasional horseback riding.