Yovanovitch was ambassador to Kyrgyzstan under President George W. Bush, ambassador to Armenia from 2008 to 2011 under Bush and President Barack Obama, and ambassador to Ukraine since August 2016. ADIn early March, the State Department asked to extend Yovanovitch’s term as Ukraine ambassador until 2020. He told reporters Oct. 11: “If you remember the phone call I had with the president — the new president — he didn’t speak favorably. And that came out of the blue.” (In this interview, Trump also called Yovanovitch “very partisan” and “a Clinton-type person,” but there’s no evidence for either claim.) She would not accept me as a new President well enough.”ADZelensky was inaugurated the day Yovanovitch left Ukraine for good.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2019 07:52 UTC