Sheila Gwaltney
| Sheila Gwaltney | |
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| United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan | |
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Assumed office September 7, 2015 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Alan Meltzer |
| Preceded by | Pamela L. Spratlen |
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| Born | Woodland, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Davis George Washington University |
Sheila S. Gwaltney is a U.S. diplomat and as of November 2015[update] the current United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.
Gwaltney is from Woodland, California. Gwaltney earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations at the University of California, Davis, and a Master's degree at George Washington University. Gwaltney speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and Spanish.
Gwaltney joined the Department of State in 1984. Her overseas assignments have included Panama, Pretoria, and St. Petersburg. At the Department of State in Washington, D.C., she has also served as Deputy Director for the Office of Russian Affairs, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and Director of Country Affairs for Eurasia. During her Foreign Service career, Gwaltney also spent one year at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University as a National Security Affairs Fellow. She has also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Bishkek (1999–2001), Kiev (2004–2007), and Moscow (2011–2014).
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