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12.04.2012
Susan Marsh Elliott will succeed Kenneth Gross on the post of the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan, CA-News reported on Thursday. U.S. President Barack Obama offered the candidacy of Elliott on Wednesday.

This will be the second female U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan after the predecessor of Gross - Tracey Ann Jacobson, who is currently U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo. Susan Marsh Elliott, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Department of State Susan Marsh Elliott, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counselor, currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State.

Prior to this role, Ms. Elliott served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2009-2010) and as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Belfast (2007-2009). Other assignments have included Deputy Executive Secretary (2005-2007), Office Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff (2003-2005), Visa Section Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Athens (2001-2003), Deputy Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Athens (1999-2001), and Desk Officer in the Office of the Coordinator for Regional Conflicts in the New Independent States (1994-1995). Ms. Elliott joined the Foreign Service in 1990 after serving as a nurse at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Ms. Elliott received a B.S. from Skidmore College, an M.S. from Russell Sage College, and a D.S.N. from Indiana University.