William B. Taylor, US Ambassador to Ukraine from

William B. Taylor, US Ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009, returns to Kyiv this month to serve as Chargé d’Affaires or acting ambassador. “He will lead our team during this period of historic elections and transition,” the embassy says. Given Washington’s slow process of nominating and approving an ambassador, Taylor could be here as long as a year. A West Point graduate, Taylor directed US aid to the former Soviet Union from 1992 to 2002. Most recently he served as executive vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an American federal institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution worldwide.