Jon Gundersen

Jon Gundersen
United States Ambassador to Ukraine
In office
January 23, 1992  May 11, 1992
President George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by Roman Popadiuk

Jon Gundersen (1945)[1] is an American diplomat. Served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim United States to Ukraine, Estonia, Iceland and Norway.[2]

Biography

He served as an officer in the United States Army in Vietnam. He was a member of the first US counter-terrorism "Sky Marshall" operations in the early 1970s and has worked as a Merchant Sailor. Gundersen served in numerous assignments both in US and overseas, concentrating on the Nordic Region, arms control and political-military issues. He served as Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in a number of nations, including Ukraine, Estonia, Iceland and Norway. He opened the first U. S. mission in Kyiv in 1992 and has been assigned to Russia, the United Nations, and as Political Advisor to the Special Operations Command and Senior Advisor for Iraqi Reconstruction. He is the Chair of Advanced Nordic Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute. He also teaches at the Joint Special Operations University and works for the State Department declassifying sensitive documents.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Incumbent
Chargé d’Affaires to Ukraine
1992
Succeeded by
Roman Popadiuk
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