George P. Kent
George P. Kent is an American diplomat. He is ambassador to Estonia since February 21, 2023. George Kent served as deputy assistant secretary of state for the European and Eurasian Affairs from 2018 to 2021. As a United States Foreign Service officer, his early service has included assignments in the U.S. diplomatic missions to Poland, Thailand and Uzbekistan. In 2004, he was assigned to serve as deputy political counselor in Kyiv, Ukraine, and was deputy chief of mission in Kyiv from 2015 to 2018.
George Kent | |
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| United States Ambassador to Estonia | |
| Assumed office February 21, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | James D. Melville Jr. |
| United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs | |
| In office September 4, 2018 – September 3, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Ukraine | |
| In office 2015–2018 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Succeeded by | Pamela Tremont |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) Johns Hopkins University (MA) National Defense University (MS) |
On October 15, 2019, Kent gave a deposition in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump. He appeared again before the House Intelligence Committee in a public hearing alongside Ambassador Bill Taylor, the U.S. chargé d'affaires ad interim to Ukraine.