U.S. Charge d’Affairs a.i. Kristina Kvien arrives in Kyiv

31.05.2019 16:30

Ukrinform

Kristina Kvien arrived as the U.S. Charge d’Affairs a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.

“Kristina Kvien arrived as Charge d’Affairs a.i., U.S. Embassy Kyiv, in May 2019. From 2013-April 2019, she served as Acting DCM/Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy Paris,” the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reports.

Previously, Kristina served as Acting DCM and Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Thailand; Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy London; and Director for European Union, Ukraine, and Belarus Affairs at the National Security Council in the Executive Office of the President. Kristina has also served at U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia; the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium; and the U.S. Embassy Manila, Philippines. At the Department of State in Washington, DC, Kristina worked on European Union issues and on bilateral relations with Slovenia.

Kristina is a native of California, with a BA in Political Science from Occidental College and an MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.