Kurt Douglas Volker was born on December 27,1964 and is an American diplomat who served as George W Bush's last US Ambassador to NATO.
24 Facts About Kurt Volker
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Kurt Volker was born in 1964 in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, to Benjamin and Thelma Volker.
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Kurt Volker was special assistant to the United States special envoy for Bosnia negotiations, Richard Holbrooke.
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Kurt Volker served as a legislative fellow on the staff of Senator John McCain from 1997 to 1998.
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Kurt Volker then became acting director for European and Eurasian Affairs for the National Security Council.
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In July 2005, Volker became the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, serving in that position until he was appointed United States Permanent Representative to NATO in July 2008 by President George W Bush.
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Kurt Volker served as Ambassador in that position from July 2,2008, to May 15,2009.
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Kurt Volker went into the private sector in 2009, becoming an independent director at The Wall Street Fund Inc, where he worked until 2012.
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Kurt Volker was a member of the board of directors at Capital Guardian Funds Trust beginning in 2013.
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Kurt Volker was an independent director at Evercore Wealth Management Macro Opportunity Fund until 2012.
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Kurt Volker then became executive director of Arizona State University's McCain Institute for International Leadership when it was launched in 2012.
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Kurt Volker has been a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies since September 2009, and a Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council since October 2009.
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Kurt Volker is currently listed as a trustee at the CG Funds Trust, and a member of the board of trustees at The American College of the Mediterranean, an American-style degree-granting institution in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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Kurt Volker is a member of the board of directors at The Hungary Initiatives Foundation.
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Ukrainian media reported in June 2021 that Kurt Volker represents US investors that co-founded American University Kyiv in partnership with Arizona State University.
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Kurt Volker accompanied Tillerson on his trip to Ukraine two days later.
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On September 27,2019, Kurt Volker resigned from this official, yet volunteer, position.
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Subsequently, claims were advanced by various chairmen of US House committees that Kurt Volker, while acting in his official capacity as US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, had been told by the White House "to intercede with President Zelensky" about investigations regarding Joe Biden and Paul Manafort.
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Kurt Volker met with Zelensky the day after President Trump spoke by phone with the Ukrainian president, a call which would later reportedly result in a whistleblower complaint.
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Two days after Kurt Volker's meeting, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats resigned, resulting in a stand-off regarding whether the new acting DNI would share the complaint with Congress.
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On September 27,2019, Kurt Volker resigned hours after congressional Democrats announced he would be called to provide a deposition.
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Kurt Volker was interviewed in a closed session of the House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry on October 3,2019, and his prepared statement was made public on October 4,2019.
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In June 2019, Kurt Volker married Georgian journalist for Voice of America Ia Meurmishvili.
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Kurt Volker was previously married to Karen Volker, with whom he had two sons.