Marie L. Yovanovitch

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Marie L. Yovanovitch on January 29, 2015

Marie Louise Yovanovitch (also Maria Jowanowitsch ; born November 11, 1958 in Montreal , Canada ) is an American diplomat . Yovanovitch was from 2016 Ambassador of the United States in the Ukraine until the pre 2019 Ukraine affair was dismissed prematurely.

Life

Marie Yovanovitch grew up in Connecticut and studied Russian and history at Princeton University . She earned a master's degree from the National Defense University .

In the Foreign Service of the United States she is busy since 1986, where he was among others in Mogadishu ( Somalia ), London ( UK ), Moscow ( Russia ) and Ottawa ( Canada operates).

From 2001 to 2004 she was deputy head of the US embassy in Kiev . 2002 brought accusations from her against Ukraine in connection with a shipment of Ukrainian radar system Kolchuga to Saddam Hussein to a significant deterioration in US-Ukrainian relations .

From 2004 to 2005 she worked on the staff of the State Secretary for Political Affairs .

As Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary , she worked in Kyrgyzstan from February 4, 2005 to February 4, 2008 and then in Armenia from August 4, 2008 to June 9, 2011 .

In May 2016, President Obama nominated her as ambassador for Ukraine and in August 2016 she succeeded Geoffrey R. Pyatt as extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the USA in Kiev .

At the request of David Hale , she extended her term of office in Kiev, and was then surprisingly dismissed as ambassador in April 2019, two months before the regular end, after the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko , accused her in an interview of having him presented at their first meeting a list of people against whom the prosecution should not investigate. The US State Department denied the report. The dismissal of the professional diplomat is seen as "collateral damage" to efforts by Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to damage Joe Biden's reputation with the help of Ukraine and conspiracy theories .

In the course of preliminary investigations into a possible impeachment inquiry against Trump due to the Ukraine affair, Yovanovitch said on October 11, 2019, initially non-publicly in front of three committees (House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Committee on Oversight and Reform and House Committee on Foreign Affairs ) of the US Congress. Parts of her private testimony were released on November 4, 2019. On November 15, 2019, she testified publicly in the Ukraine affair before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. When questioned, she expressed concern about the Trump administration's interference in US foreign policy: "Diplomats are being degraded and undermined, the State Department is being undermined from within," she said. During this trial, Trump set up a tweet against Yovanovitch, whom she, questioned in the hearing, described as "intimidating".

On January 25, 2020, a video was made public that was recorded at a Trump dinner with donors in April 2018. Trump insists that Yovanovitch be dismissed as US ambassador to Kiev (“Get rid of her!”).

Web links

Commons : Marie L. Yovanovitch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profile Marie L. Yovanovitch on 2000.ua from May 20, 2016; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Russian)
  2. ↑ Official curriculum vitae from 2016
  3. ↑ a b New US ambassador expected in Kiev next week in Unian.info of August 20, 2016; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Official curriculum vitae from 2009
  5. ^ Profile Marie L. Yovanovitch on history.state.gov; accessed on October 31, 2016
  6. ↑ https://ua.usembassy.gov/president-obama-announces-intent-nominate-marie-l-yovanovitch-us-ambassador-ukraine/
  7. ↑ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/how-to-destroy-a-government/606793/
  8. ↑ Top Ukrainian justice official says US ambassador gave him a do not prosecute list in The Hill; accessed on September 26, 2019
  9. ↑ US Ambassador to Ukraine Recalled in 'Political Hit Job,' Lawmakers Say in foreignpolicy.com, May 7, 2019; accessed on September 26, 2019
  10. ↑ Impeachment: Trump must fear statements from diplomats. , FAZ from October 1, 2019, accessed on October 3, 2019
  11. ↑ Trump Said Ukraine Envoy Would 'Go Through Some Things.' She has already. , New York Times September 26, 2019, accessed October 3, 2019
  12. ↑ spiegel.de November 5, 2019: Former US ambassador in Kiev felt threatened by Trump's words
  13. ^ Intelligence.house.gov: Excerpts from Joint Deposition
  14. ↑ Alan Cassidy: Impeachment - "Everyone here should be concerned about these events". In: SZ.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 16, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 (German).
  15. ↑ Ex-Ambassador Yovanovitch: The Perfect Witness. In: spiegel.de. November 15, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  16. ↑ nytimes.com: Tape Made Public of Trump Discussing Ukraine With Donors
  17. ↑ spiegel.de January 26, 2020: Head of the prosecution team evaluates Trump tweet as a threat
personal data
SURNAME Yovanovitch, Marie L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yovanovitch, Marie Louise; Jowanowitsch, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Canada