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William Brockenbrough Taylor (born 1947) is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Ukraine.
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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.
Taylor was appointed Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions on September 1, 2011.
Background
Taylor is the son of Nancy Dare (Aitcheson) and William Brockenbrough Newton Taylor. His nephew (sister's son) is actor and comedian Zach Cregger. As an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, Taylor served in Vietnam and Germany.
He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
He is married with two children.