PERSON: George Kent

Department of state

United States Foreign Service officer

George P. Kent is an American diplomat who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs from 2018 to 2021. As a United States Foreign Service officer, his early service has included assignments in the U.S. diplomatic missions to Poland, Thailand and Uzbekistan. In 2004, he was assigned to serve as deputy political counselor in Kyiv, Ukraine, and was deputy chief of mission in Kyiv from 2015 to 2018.<br> <br> On October 15, 2019, Kent gave a deposition in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump. He appeared again before the House Intelligence Committee in a public hearing alongside Ambassador Bill Taylor, the U.S. chargé d’affaires ad interim to Ukraine.<br> <br> >> Wikipedia.com