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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = George Krol
|image        = George A. Krol, US Dept of State photo portrait.jpg
|office       = [[United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan]]
|president    = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]]
|term_start   = March 18, 2015
|term_end     = 
|predecessor  = [[John Ordway (ambassador)|John Ordway]]
|successor    = 
|office1      = [[United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan]]
|president1   = [[Barack Obama]]
|term_start1  = July 5, 2011
|term_end1    = December 8, 2014
|predecessor1 = [[Richard Norland]]
|successor1   = [[Pamela L. Spratlen|Pamela Spratlen]]
|office2      = [[United States Ambassador to Belarus]]
|president2   = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start2  = October 22, 2003
|term_end2    = July 24, 2006
|predecessor2 = [[Michael G. Kozak|Michael Kozak]]
|successor2   = [[Karen B. Stewart|Karen Stewart]]
|birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1956}}
|birth_place  = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|alma_mater   = [[Harvard College|Harvard University]]<br>[[Mansfield College, Oxford]]
}}
'''George Albert Krol''' (born 1956 in [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]) is a United States [[foreign service officer]] and career member of the [[Senior Foreign Service]] with the rank of [[Diplomatic rank#Modern diplomats|Minister-Counselor]]. Krol was sworn in on January 8, 2015 as the [[United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan|U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan]].

==Personal life==

Krol's home state is [[New Jersey]]. He is the youngest of three sons of Anthony J. Krol of [[Manchester Township, New Jersey]].<ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=84916 George A. Krol], Our Campaigns. Accessed December 24, 2007.</ref>

He attended [[St. Peter's Preparatory School]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], and received a bachelor's degree in history, ''[[Magna Cum laude]]'', from [[Harvard University]], and bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from [[Oxford University]], England.

Krol is married to Melissa Welch.<ref>[http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-kazakhstan-who-is-george-krol-140720?news=853736 U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan: Who Is George Krol?], AllGov. Accessed September 15, 2014.</ref>

==Career==

Krol joined the [[United States Foreign Service]] in 1982, and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He held foreign assignments in Poland, India, the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and in Belarus. 
He served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in Moscow (1999–2002) and  
He served as Deputy Chief of Mission and [[Chargé d'affaires]] in [[Minsk]], Belarus (1993–1995). 
His Washington assignments include Deputy Assistant Secretary for the [[Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs]],  Director of the Office of Russian Affairs (1997–1999) and Special Assistant to the Ambassador-at-Large for the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|New Independent States]] (1995–1997). Krol taught at the [[National War College]] and was a member of the State Department’s Senior Seminar. He received several [[United States Department of State|State Department]] Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. He speaks Russian and Polish.

He served as the [[United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan|U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan]] 2011-2014 and as the [[United States Ambassador to Belarus|Ambassador to Belarus]] 2003–2006.

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[[Category:People from Manchester Township, New Jersey]]
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