Ambassador William B. Taylor, Jr.

Ambassador William B. Taylor, Jr. Ambassador William B. Taylor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on May 26, 2006.

Until February 2006 he was the U.S. government's representative to the Quartet's effort to facilitate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, led by Special Envoy James Wolfensohn in Jerusalem. The Quartet Special Envoy was responsible for the economic aspects of this disengagement.

Prior to this assignment, he served in Baghdad as Director, Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (2004-2005), in Kabul as coordinator of USG and international assistance to Afghanistan (2002-2003) and in Washington with the rank of ambassador as coordinator of USG assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1992-2002).

He previously served in Brussels as deputy defense advisor at the U.S. Mission to NATO, in Washington on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley, at the National Defense University and in the U.S. Department of Energy.

As an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, he served in Vietnam and Germany.

He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

He is married with two children.
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Roman Popadiuk
William Green Miller
Steven Pifer
Carlos Pascual
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Ambassador Taylor's Remarks and Speeches
Transcript of Ambassador's Podcast for December, 12.07

Statement on the Zasyadko Mine Accident, 11.18.07

Speech at Kyiv International University, 11.05.07

Transcript of Ambassador's Podcast for October, 10.07

Statement on Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections, 10.01.07

Transcript of Ambassador's Podcast for September, 09.07

Transcript of Ambassador's Podcast for August, 08.07

4th of July Speech by Ambassador Taylor, 07.04.07

Remarks to the American Chamber of Commerce at Their 15th Anniversary Celebration, 04.05.07

Remarks at the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant Signing Ceremony, 09.26.06

Remarks for the Opening of the Biological Threat Reduction Overarching Integrated Product Team Meeting , 09.12.06

Remarks after the wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon, 09.11.06

Remarks on Press Conference on U.S. Government's Assistance to the Economic Courts of Ukraine: Registry of Judicial Decisions, 08.03.06

Remarks on July 4th Celebration, 07.06.06

Remarks at the First Press Conference Following Presentation of Credentials, 06.21.06
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