Jonathan Henick, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan on October 14, 2022.
Most recently, he served as the Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey. Prior to that, he served as U.S. Department of State Chair at the College of Information and Cyberspace at the National Defense University. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia Affairs, Public Diplomacy and Press. He also served as Acting Deputy Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center (GEC), where he helped to lead and coordinate all U.S. government efforts to counter disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran. He also served as the Principal Deputy Coordinator and Acting Coordinator for the Bureau for International Information Programs. He served previously as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director for Press and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs, where he was responsible for the conduct of U.S. public diplomacy in thirteen countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
Henick has served overseas as the Counselor for Public Affairs in Turkey, the Deputy Chief of Mission in Timor-Leste, as well as in other positions in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Portugal, and Uzbekistan. He has received the Public Diplomacy Alumni Association Achievement Award, as well as individual Superior Honor Awards from the State Department. Originally from New York, he speaks Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, and Azerbaijani, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawaii and a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.