William Green Miller served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine

United States Ambassador to Ukraine

The history of Ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine began in 1992.Until 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the parliament of Ukraine declared the nation’s independence on August 24, 1991...

 under Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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, from 1993 to 1998.

Biography

He went to college and graduate school at Williams College

Williams College

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, the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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 and Harvard University

Harvard University

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. In 1959, he joined the United States Foreign Service

United States Foreign Service

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. From 1959 to 1964, he served as a diplomat in Iran

Iran

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. He then worked as a staffer for Secretary of State Dean Rusk

Dean Rusk

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, and in the Senate for John Sherman Cooper.

From 1981 to 1983, he served as Associate Dean and Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

Tufts University

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. In 1986, he was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics

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 and became President of the American Committee on United States-Soviet Relations. From 1993 to 1998, he served as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine

United States Ambassador to Ukraine

The history of Ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine began in 1992.Until 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a constituent SSR of the Soviet Union. Upon the breakup of the USSR, the parliament of Ukraine declared the nation’s independence on August 24, 1991...

.

He is a Senior Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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 in Washington, D.C.

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. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the Middle East Institute

Middle East Institute

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. He is the co-Chairman of the Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America. He has also been a senior consultant for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.