Joseph A. Presel (December 23, 1941 – December 19, 2021) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan.

Career

Presel joined the Foreign Service in 1963 and has specialized in Russian, multilateral diplomacy, and political military affairs. He has served in Turkey, France, Moscow,

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(as Deputy Chief of Mission), and twice in the U.S. Arms Control Delegation in

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, the second time as Deputy U.S. Representative. His Washington service includes two assignments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, service in the European, Politico-Military, International Organizations and INR bureaus, as well as several assignments in the offices of Department of State principals. Ambassador Presel, of

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, served as the Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the New Independent States since 1993 and became Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh in 1995, with the rank of Ambassador. The President nominated Presel, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the

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. Joseph Presel was appointed to this post on November 10, 1997 and presented his credentials to President

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on December 3, 1997. Ambassador Presel left Uzbekistan on October 21, 2000.

Life

Presel was a graduate of

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, and studied at

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. He is married to Claire-Lise Junod Presel.

References

External links

Bio at Tashkent Embassy web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Presel, Joseph 1941 births 2021 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Uzbekistan Harvard College alumni Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford United States Foreign Service personnel People from Providence, Rhode Island