The US ambassador to Romania Kathleen Kavalec has retired. Who is the interim chief of the diplomatic mission in Bucharest

The new pregnant of AD interim business is the deputy head of the mission, Michael Dickerson, a career diplomat who has worked in missions in Baku, Tbilisi, Vilnius, Budapest and Moscow, according to the US Embassy.

The US Embassy in Bucharest announced the official withdrawal of Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec on Tuesday.

“We express our gratitude to the US ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec, who retires after a distinguished career in the United States diplomatic service,” the Embassy said on his Facebook page.

“Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec has fulfilled his mission with devotion, strengthening the partnership between the United States and Romania. We thank them for Leadership and commitment to common democratic values,” said the embassy.

“On the occasion of this transition, we are pleased to announce that the deputy head of the mission, Michael Dickerson, will hold the position of Chargé d'Affairi ad Interim (in charge of business) in the US Embassy in Bucharest. Due to its in -depth knowledge about Romania and our bilateral priorities, our Diplomat Dickers He tightened and durable, ”the diplomatic mission announced.

Georgette Mosbacher (78 years old), former ambassadors in Poland and donors of the Republican Party, is a favorite for the position of Ambassador of the United States in Bucharest, diplomatic sources told G4media.ro.

“It was not withdrawn, it is not recalled”

The vice -president of the US Federal Election Commission, the Republican James Trainor, in Romania at the first round of the presidential elections, is the one who announced that the ambassador chose to retire and will leave office.

Asked at the Observatory News about the possibility of withdrawing the ambassador Kathleen Kavalec, James Trainor replied: “No, it was not withdrawn, it is not recalled,” said News.ro.

He said, according to the simultaneous translation during the interview, that Kathleen Kavalec “reached the retirement age and chose to retire and announced that he would retire.”

“So he will leave as an ambassador from Romania, but he has no connection with the policy,” concluded the American official, located in Bucharest on the occasion of the presidential elections.

Supporter of Romania's inclusion in Visa Waiver

Kavalec was a supporter of Romania's inclusion in the Visa Waiver program, and the embassy's position supported this during a White House discussion on this topic.

The discussion took place after the Trump administration suspended Romania's inclusion in the program, taking into account both the argument of border security and strict requirements for Romania, as well as that of democratic norms, after the annulment of last year's elections, according to an internal note of the National Security Council, obtained by Politico.

At the discussion, the US Embassy in Bucharest stressed that “eliminating Romania's designation (in the Visa Waiver program) could lead to damage to the US image.”

But the Commission, chaired by the senior director of NSC for Europe and Eurasia, Andrew Peek, said it is important to ensure that Romania “supports the democratic process and is carrying out free, correct and transparent choices.”

Ambassadors from 2022

Kathleen Kavalec took the oath as an ambassador of the United States in Romania on December 20, 2022.

Previously, in the period 2019-2022, he led the OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously, he held the position of deputy assistant of the Secretary of State within the Office for Europe and Eurasia of the State Department.

Career diplomat, Kavalec has held a variety of diplomatic functions, including director for Russia, permanently deputy and deputy head of the US diplomatic mission to UNESCO, in Paris, Deputy Coordinator for US Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia and director for conflict prevention within the Coordinator's Office for Reconstruction and Stabilization.

Among the countries in which he carried out his activity are Ukraine, where he had the position of political counselor, Russia, with two mandates in the political field, as well as missions in Romania and Brazil.

In Romania he held the position of cultural attachment, between 2005 and 2008.

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Michael Dickerson is a US Diplomatic Diplomatic Service, with the degree of counselor. Mr. Dickerson currently holds the position of AD interim business at the United States Embassy in Romania.

Michael Dickerson joined the State Department in 2002. The most recent was the deputy head of the mission in Baku, Azerbaijan.

His other missions include Tbilisi, where he facilitated the first visit of an American president in the Caucas, as well as Vilnius, Budapest, Azerbaijan (twice) and Moscow.

He presided over the working group for technological transfer while working in the Office of Reding the threat represented by the conventional weapons of the Washington State Department, DC