Leslie Ventura Rowe (born 1947) [1] is a retired career diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Mozambique (2010-2012) as well as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2006-2009). In January 2013, she joined the new U.S. Office of Global Health Diplomacy. [2] Previously, she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. [3]
Rowe received a B.A. from Washington State University, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an M.Ed. from Northeastern University. [4]
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Marie Louise "Masha" Yovanovitch is an American diplomat and senior member of the United States Foreign Service. She served in multiple State Department posts, including Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2004–2005); U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005–2008); U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2008–2011); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2012–2013); and Ambassador to Ukraine (2016–2019). Yovanovitch is a diplomat in residence at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. On January 31, 2020 it was reported that she had retired from the State Department.
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