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Ambassador Ken Gross presenting his credentials to the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, October 2, 2009, Presidential Palace, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT RAHMON
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, October 2, 2009. Ambassador of the United States of America to Tajikistan, Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., presented his credentials to the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, on October 2 at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Kenneth Gross voiced the commitment of the United States to work closely with the Government of Tajikistan to reach common goals of fostering peace and stability in the region, enhancing economic ties and promoting democratic reform and development. “I and the Embassy staff will work hard to deepen the level of understanding between our two countries, and I look forward to the many opportunities we will have to make our relationship stronger.”
Prior to his nomination, Mr. Gross served as a Career Development Officer for senior-level officers in the Human Resources Bureau and as director of the Middle East Partnership Initiative Office in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau.
Mr. Gross’s most recent overseas postings have been in Iraq. He was Principal Officer at the Regional Embassy Office in Basrah, where his office represented the United States in the four southern provinces, and he returned to Iraq for a short period of time at the Embassy’s request to be the director of the newly formed Office of Provincial Affairs, the office overseeing the Provincial Reconstruction Teams.
Mr. Gross previously served in Tajikistan as the Deputy Chief of Mission from 2002-2004. His other overseas postings include Haiti, Malaysia, Nepal, and Germany. In the Department of State, Mr. Gross worked in the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs as an aviation negotiator, in the Bureau of European Affairs as desk officer for Austria, and in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research as a current intelligence analyst.
Mr. Gross joined the Foreign Service in 1987. He received a B.A. from Auburn University, a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law, and a M.S. in National Security Strategy from the National War College. He speaks Tajik, German, and French.
View photos from the credentialing ceremony.
