Yovanovitch, Marie L. (Marie Louise), 1958-

Born in Montréal, Quebec on November 11, 1958, Marie Yovanovitch moved to Connecticut at the age of three and became a naturalized American citizen at the age of eighteen. A graduate of Princeton University who studied at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow after graduating, Yovanovitch later earned a master’s degree from the National Defense University, She began her career as a foreign service officer in Ottawa, followed by overseas assignments in Moscow, London and Mogadishu, and at the Department of State as Deputy Director of the Russian Desk.

Yovanovitch served as the Dean of the Language School at the Foreign Service Institute, as well as International Advisor and Deputy Commandant at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University, where she also taught national security strategy. From 2004 to 2005, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

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