1. Tina Susan Kaidanow was an American diplomat and government official.
18 Facts About Tina Kaidanow
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Tina Kaidanow served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs before moving to the United States Department of Defense.
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From 2008 to 2009, Kaidanow served as United States Ambassador to Kosovo.
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Tina Kaidanow was born on June 3,1965, in Philadelphia, and was raised in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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Tina Kaidanow earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and another master's degree in political science from Columbia University in New York, as well as a certificate in Russian studies from the Harriman Institute at Columbia.
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Tina Kaidanow was a career member of the United States Foreign Service.
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Tina Kaidanow had assignments in Belgrade, Skopje, Sarajevo, Pristina, and Kabul, as well as the United States National Security Council and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
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At the National Security Council, Tina Kaidanow worked as Director for Southeast European Affairs.
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In Skopje, from 1998 to 1999, Kaidanow served as a special assistant to United States Ambassador to Macedonia Christopher R Hill.
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Tina Kaidanow later became the Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy in Sarajevo from 2003 to 2006.
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In 2006, Kaidanow became the Chargee d'Affaires for the US Office in Pristina.
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From August 2009 to June 2011, Tina Kaidanow served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and then served as the bureau's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary until 2012.
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From September 2012 to October 2013, Tina Kaidanow served as the DCM at the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Tina Kaidanow served as the Coordinator for Counterterrorism from February 2014 to February 2016.
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In February 2016, Tina Kaidanow moved to the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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On September 25,2018, Tina Kaidanow was appointed a senior advisor for international cooperation in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
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Tina Kaidanow died from cardiac arrest at Georgetown University Hospital on October 16,2024, at the age of 59.
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Tina Kaidanow was hospitalized for the previous three weeks due to internal bleeding.