| LC control no. | no2012081918 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Yovanovitch, Marie L., 1958- |
| Variant(s) | Yovanovitch, Maria L., 1958- Yovanovitch, Masha, 1958- |
| Other standard no. | 251098186 |
| Biography/History note | Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch (born November 11, 1958) is a Canadian-American diplomat and senior member of the United States Foreign Service. She served in multiple State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2004-2005), U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005-2008), U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2008-2011), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2012-2013), and Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019). Yovanovitch is a diplomat in residence at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. On January 31, 2020 it was reported that she had retired from the State Department. |
| Associated place | Kyïv (Ukraine) |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1958 |
| Place of birth | Canada |
| Field of activity | Patriotism--United States |
| Affiliation | United States. Embassy (Ukraine) United States. Foreign Service United States. Department of State |
| Profession or occupation | Ambassadors |
| Found in | U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Foreign Relations. Nominations of the 110th Congress, second session, hearings ... 2009: p. iv (Yovanovitch, Maria L., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia) Wikipedia website, June 13, 2012 (b. 1958) Nomination hearings of the 114th Congress, 2017: p.950 (Marie L. Yovanovitch, nominated to be Ambassador to Ukraine) United States Department of State, Office of the Historian website, viewed March 14, 2019 (Marie L. Yovanovitch, 1958-; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Kyrgyzstan); appointed on November 20, 2004) New York times, 16 Nov. 2019: in front page article entitled, "Ex-envoy 'devastated' as Trump vilified her" (Marie L. Yovanovitch; Canadian immigrant whose parents fled the Soviet Union and the Nazis, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, known as Masha; American patriot who has become a hero to coleagues in the [U.S.] diplomatic corps, both for her professionalism and commitment to anti-corruption) Wikipedia, 17 Nov. 2019: entry for Marie Yovanovitch (Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch, born November 11, 1958; American diplomat and member of the senior ranks of the United States Foreign Service. She served in a variety of State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2004-2005); U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005-2008); U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2008-2011); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2012-2013); and Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019). Yovanovitch is a diplomat in residence at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Yovanovitch> Lessons from the edge, 2022 Wikipedia viewed May 4, 2022 : (Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch (born November 11, 1958) is a Canadian-American diplomat and senior member of the United States Foreign Service. She served in multiple State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2004-2005), U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005-2008), U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2008-2011), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2012-2013), and Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019). Yovanovitch is a diplomat in residence at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. On January 31, 2020 it was reported that she had retired from the State Department.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Yovanovitch> |
| Associated language | eng |
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