George A. Krol has been picked as Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor.

He currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

He previously served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, Minister Counselor at the United States Embassy in Moscow and has had other overseas postings in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, India and Poland.

In Washington, he has held several assignments, including Director of the State Department Office of Russian Affairs, Special Assistant to the Ambassador–at-Large for the Newly Independent States and served on the faculty of the National War College.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but raised in New Jersey, Mr. Krol is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, England.

Currently, US Ambassador to Uzbekistan is Richard Norland. Richard Norland has served as U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan since September 2007.