Judith Gail "Judy" Garber (born 1961) is an American diplomat who served as the

United States ambassador to Cyprus This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus. Until 1960 Cyprus had been a colony of the British Empire. On August 16, 1960, Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. The United States diplomatic recognition, recogni ...

from 2019 to 2022. She previously served as the

United States ambassador to Latvia The United States first established diplomatic relations with the Baltic states ( Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) in 1922. One ambassador, resident in Riga, Latvia, was appointed to all three nations. Relations with the three nations were broken a ...

and as the acting assistant secretary for Oceans, Environment and Science at the

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Career

Garber has been a career Foreign Service Officer since 1984. She was the ambassador to

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

from 2009 to 2012, and prior to that served in a variety of foreign and domestic posts, including economic counselor in Madrid and director of North Central Europe in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. In August 2018, Garber was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the

. Prior to becoming Ambassador to Cyprus, she served as acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment and Science at the Department of State.

Personal life

Garber obtained her bachelor's degree in International Economics from the Georgetown University

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

. She is married with two children. Garber speaks Spanish, Hebrew, Czech and Latvian.

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Judith Gail Garber (1961–)
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