George A. Krol
American diplomat
George Albert Krol (born 1956) is a United States foreign service officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Krol formerly served as United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan. A position he was sworn in to on January 8, 2015.
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.
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.
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.
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