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Home page  About CSIS Affiliated Advisers and Experts Victor Jackovich
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Victor JackovichSenior Associate (Non-resident), New European Democracies Project |
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Victor Jackovich is president of Jackovich International, a Washington-based consulting firm, and vice president of Ervin Technical Associates, a Washington government relations firm. He left U.S. government service in 2004 after 33 years, including 13 years at the rank of ambassador. At present, he is engaged in various initiatives in Europe and Asia. In 2002 and 2003, Mr. Jackovich served at Bagram Air Base as senior political adviser for U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan. From 1999 to 2002, he was associate director of the Department of Defense's George Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany. Prior to that, Mr. Jackovich worked on a variety of U.S. government programs dealing with Eastern Europe and headed the Department of State's Office for Southeast European Initiatives. In 1998 and 1999, he was head of the U.S. delegation to the Royaumont Process, which linked U.S., EU, and other international initiatives in Southeast Europe. His postings abroad have included U.S. ambassador to Slovenia (1995-1998), U.S. ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), and chief of the U.S. mission to Moldova (1992). He opened the U.S. embassy in Bosnia (1994) and served there during the war. He headed the first U.S. representation in Moldova (1992) and helped open the first U.S. government office in Ukraine (1980). He was director of the Department of State's Task Force on Yugoslavia during the beginning of the crisis there (1990-1991). And, he led the U.S. delegation to the International Conference on Former Yugoslavia in Geneva (1992-1993). Other assignments have included: Moscow, Russia (1988-1990); Sofia, Bulgaria (1991); Nairobi, Kenya (1983-1986); and Bucharest, Romania (1980-1983). Mr. Jackovich was born in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Indiana University and received an M.A. there in 1971. Among his many awards are the U.S. government's Distinguished Presidential Award (1994) for diplomatic service and the American Bar Association's Max Kampelman Award (1998). In addition, he holds the Golden Eagle Award (1995), the national medal of the former Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Serbian Civic Society Award (1999). In 2000, he was accorded an honorary degree from the University of Sarajevo and declared an honorary citizen of Sarajevo. |
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