Herbst confirmed as envoy to Ukraine

WASHINGTON - John E. Herbst was confirmed on June 27 by the Senate as next U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

Mr. Herbst, 51, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and previously served as the U.S. consul general in Jerusalem. In addition, he was the principal deputy to the ambassador-at-large for the newly independent states and as director of the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth Affairs.

News of his nomination by President George W. Bush to serve as the next envoy to Ukraine was reported in The Weekly on May 4. A transcript of his remarks at his confirmation hearing appeared in The Weekly last week.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 6, 2003, No. 27, Vol. LXXI

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