2003 - 2006 US Ambassador John E. Herbst

Ambassador John E. Herbst Ambassador John E. Herbst, Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, arrived on September 13, 2003 to assume the position of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. Ambassador Herbst presented his credentials to President Kuchma in an official ceremony September 20, 2003.

Ambassador Herbst, who has the rank of Minister-Counselor, last served as the U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He assumed that post in October 2000. Prior to becoming Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Mr. Herbst served as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem. Previously, he served as the Principal Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for the Newly Independent States, the Director of the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth Affairs and as the Director of Regional Affairs in the Near East Bureau of the State Department. Mr. Herbst has also worked overseas as political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and at the embassies in Moscow and Saudi Arabia. He joined the Foreign Service in 1979.

Ambassador Herbst was born on August 12, 1952, in Rockville Center, New York. He received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1974 and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1978. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center. He is fluent in Russian and has a working knowledge of Arabic. He has recently begun studying Ukrainian. He is married to Nadezda Christoff Herbst and the couple has five children.
Ambassador to Ukraine
Biography
Previous Ambassadors
Roman Popadiuk
William Green Miller
Steven Pifer
Carlos Pascual
Ambassador Herbst's Remarks and Speeches
Remarks at the HUREMAS Project Launching, 02.16.06

Remarks at the Ceremony of Turning Over Equipment to Fight Avian Flu in Ukraine, 12.21.05

Remarks at the Energoatom - Holtec International Contract Signing Ceremony, 12.20.05

Remarks at the Reception for Ukraine's Human Rights Veterans, 12.06.05

Remarks at the NaftoHaz-sponsored Conference "Oil and Gas Industry of Ukraine: On the Way to European Integration", 11.09.05

Remarks at the Seminar "Victims of Trafficking in Persons: Changing Attitudes in Society and Media", 09.20.05

Remarks at public hearing "European Integration of Ukraine: Legal Reforms Strategy", 04.28.05

Remarks at Ukrainian-American Liberal Arts Institute, 11.12.04

Interview at U.S. Elections Watch, 11.03.04

Remarks at the International Oil and Gas Conference, 10.26.04

Speech at European University Calling for Transparent Elections, 10.07.04

Remarks at the Volia-Cable, 7.21.2004

Speech at Academy of State Administration, 5.19.2004

Speech "Mass Media for Elections without Censorship and Oppression", 11.10.2003

Speech "Ukraine’s Aspiration to Join NATO", 11.07.2003

Speech to the Ukrainian Peace Council, 10.29.2003

International Oil and Gas Conference Remarks, 10.28.2003

"Transparency in Small and Medium Business Regulation" Conference Remarks, 10.17.2003

Press Conference Remarks, 9.18.2003

Remarks at the opening of the conference "Conference on Freedom of Speech and Human Rights in Ukraine", 9.18.2003

Statement of John Herbst, Ambassador-Designate to Ukraine at his Confirmation hearing, 6.18.2003
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