David J. Kostelancik | |
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| United States Ambassador to Albania | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office Awaiting confirmation by US Senate | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Yuri Kim |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
David J. Kostelancik is an American diplomat who is the nominee to be the United States ambassador to Albania.
A native of Illinois, Kostelancik earned a Master of Science from the National War College in national security policy. He also received a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan in Russian and East European studies and a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in mathematics and political science. [1]
Kostelancik is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister-counselor. Early in his career, Kostelancik was posted twice to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. Other overseas postings include the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S. embassy in Tirana, Albania and the U.S. embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Other assignments include director of the Office of South Central European Affairs and director of the Office of Russian Affairs, both in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, as well as director of the Office of Europe and Asia in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. He previously served as deputy chief of Mission, and for two years, as Chargé d'affaires, ad interim at the U.S. embassy in Budapest, Hungary. [1] Since August 2021, he serves as foreign policy advisor to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. [1] [2]
On January 23, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Kostelancik to serve as the United States ambassador to Albania. [1] [3] Hearings on his nomination were before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 30, 2023. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on April 27, 2023. His nomination is pending before the full United States Senate. [4]
Kostelancik speaks Russian, Hungarian, Albanian and Turkish. [1] [2]
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