Geoffrey R. Pyatt
Geoffrey R. Pyatt (born November 16, 1963 in La Jolla , San Diego , California ) is an American diplomat . Pyatt has been the United States' Ambassador to Greece since 2016 .
Life
Pyatt grew up in La Jolla, an affluent district of San Diego. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in political science in 1985 and studied international relations at Yale University until 1987 . He has been employed in the US foreign service since the late 1980s. From 1990 to 1992 he was an economic officer and vice consul in Tegucigalpa , Honduras, and since then has been employed in various functions in the US foreign service , including Pakistan, India and China.
From May 2010 to July 2013, he was First Assistant Secretary of State in the Office for South and Central Asian Relations. Since July 25, 2013, Pyatt, succeeding John F. Tefft , has been the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine , based at the American Embassy in Kiev .
He gained fame through a conversation between himself and the Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on February 5, 2014, overheard and probably published on YouTube by the Russian side , about possible solutions to the crisis in Ukraine ( Euromaidan ).
In April 2014 Pyatt described the actions of the pro-Russian militias in the beginning of the war in Ukraine as terrorism , and in July 2014 he accused Russia of supporting the pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine.
In September 2015, Pyatt described the Ukrainian Public Prosecutor's Office as unwilling to reform and unable to fight internal corruption.
Private
Geoffrey R. Pyatt is married with one daughter and one son.
Web links
- Short biography Geoffrey R. Pyatt on allgov.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Birth Records ; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ GEOFFREY R. PYATT (1963–) on history.state.gov ; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Alan Cullison, Adam Entous: US blames Russia for Leaking Profane call. ( Memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Interview with Pyatt on VOA News ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated April 14, 2014; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Boeing-777 was shot down by a rocket fired from the area controlled by the separatists ( memento of the original from February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on vesti.az of July 25, 2014; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Public prosecutor is unable to fight corruption on 112.ua of September 25, 2015; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Short biography on the website of the American Embassy in Ukraine ( Memento of the original from May 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Welcome, Mr. Pyatt! in Day, Kiev on August 5, 2013; accessed on February 17, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pyatt, Geoffrey R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Jolla , San Diego , California |