The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has nominated seven diplomats who will serve in different countries of the world, he has also nominated the new ambassador for Kosovo.
Jeff Hovenier has been nominated for the next US Ambassador to Kosovo. Regarding his nomination, the current US Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Kosnett, also wrote.
“Congratulations to my colleague and friend Jeff Hovenier on his nomination as the next US Ambassador to Kosovo,” Kosnett wrote on Twitter.
Jeffrey M. Hovenier, currently serves as Deputy Ambassador of the United States in Ankara, Turkey. From August 2018 to July 2019 he was in charge of work at that embassy.
He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministerial Adviser on Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany.
He has also served on United States missions in Croatia, Greece, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru; in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
Mr. Hovenier has experience in Kosovo, having served on the staff of the UN Special Envoy for Status.
In 2018, the former President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi honored Mr. Hovenier with the Presidential Jubilee Medal for the 10th anniversary of Kosovo’s independence, “for his contribution to the freedom and independence of Kosovo.”
“I will always be a friend of Kosovo,” said diplomat Hovenier.