George A. Krol was sworn in as United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan on June 10, 2011.
He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of Minister-Counselor and most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belarus 2003-2006. He has served in overseas postings in Warsaw, New Delhi, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev and Minsk, and has held several domestic assignments including as Director of the State Department’s Office of Russian Affairs, and as Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-large for the New Independent States.
Krol has also taught at the National War College and was a member of the State Department’s Senior Seminar. He is the recipient of several State Department Meritorious and Superior Honor awards, and is a graduate of Harvard University and Oxford University, England.
Contact Information
United States Embassy
3 Moyqorghon Street, 5th Block, Yunusobod District
100093 Tashkent.
Phone: (998) (71) 120 5450
Fax: (998) (71) 120 6335
Email: TashkentInfo@state.gov
Website: http://uzbekistan.usembassy.gov/