Tina Kaidanow

Tina Kaidanow


Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office February 18, 2014 – February 22, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jerry Lanier (Acting)
Succeeded by	Justin H. Siberell (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Kosovo
In office April 8, 2008 – July 6, 2009 Acting: April 8, 2008 – July 25, 2008
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Christopher Dell
Chief of Mission of the U.S. Office in Pristina
In office July 2006 – April 8, 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Philip Goldberg
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 51–52)
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania Columbia University

Tina S. Kaidanow (born 1965) is a U.S. diplomat and the current Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.

Kaidanow earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Philosophy degree in political science from Columbia University in New York, as well as a certificate in Russian studies from the Harriman Institute at Columbia.

Kaidanow is a career member of the United States Foreign Service. She has had assignments in Belgrade (1995–1997), Skopje (1998–1999), Sarajevo (1997–1998 and 2003–2006), and Kabul (2012–2013), and as well as the United States National Security Council and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011). At the National Security Council, Kaidanow had the position of Director for Southeast European Affairs.

In Skopje, from 1998 to 1999, Kaidanow served as special assistant to United States Ambassador to Macedonia Christopher R. Hill. Kaidanow later became the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo from 2003 to 2006.

In 2006, Kaidanow became the Chargé d'Affaires for the U.S. Office in Pristina. In 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, and was subsequently recognized by the United States. The new U.S. embassy in Pristina opened, with Kaidanow as the first United States Ambassador to Kosovo.