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William B. Taylor is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Ukraine.〔(New U.S. ambassador Tefft arrives in Kyiv ), Interfax-Ukraine (December 2, 2009)〕 ==Diplomatic career== Until February 2006, he was the U.S. Government's representative to the Quartet's effort to facilitate the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, led by Special Envoy James Wolfensohn in Jerusalem. The Quartet Special Envoy was responsible for the economic aspects of this disengagement. Prior to this assignment, he served in Baghdad as Director, Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (2004–2005), in Kabul as coordinator of USG and international assistance to Afghanistan (2002–2003) and in Washington with the rank of ambassador as coordinator of USG assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1992–2002). Taylor served in Brussels as deputy defense advisor at the U.S. Mission to NATO, in Washington on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley, at the National Defense University and in the U.S. Department of Energy. Taylor was confirmed as United States ambassador to Ukraine by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2006 and was sworn in on June 5, 2006; he held the post till May 2009.〔 On September 30, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama nominated John Tefft as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.〔(Ex- US ambassador to Georgia John Tefft to lead diplomatic mission in Ukraine ), Interfax-Ukraine (September 30, 2009)〕 Taylor was appointed Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions on September 1, 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William B. Taylor, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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