\u00a0<\/strong>Victor Jackovich served in the U.S. government for 33 years, including 13 years at the rank of Ambassador.\u00a0 In 2014, he was named Chairman of the EU-linked Business Advisory Council for Southeast Europe and Eurasia (BACSEE).\u00a0 In 2016, he was invited to join the Board of the Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) in Austria and is the only American in this association.\u00a0 He serves on the Boards of the Business Advisory Council for North Africa (Tunisia), the Mediterranean Development Initiative (Washington), the Central and East European University Network (Venice), the Center for European Perspective (Slovenia), and other associations in the United States and internationally.<\/p>\nDuring 2002 and 2003, Victor Jackovich was in Afghanistan as the U.S. government\u2019s Senior Political Advisor for U.S. and Coalition Operations.\u00a0 In this capacity, he was responsible for military-civilian coalition relations, liaison with the Afghan government, liaison with coalition governments, operation of provincial reconstruction teams and coalition assistance to the development of Afghan government institutions.<\/p>\n
Before that, Victor Jackovich was Associate Director with the rank of Ambassador at the George Marshall Center in Germany.\u00a0 The Marshall Center is operated jointly by the U.S. and German governments as the premier training institute for political and military leaderships in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Prior to this, Victor Jackovich was Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in Washington and headed up a number of U.S. government offices, including the Department of State\u2019s Office of Southeast European Initiatives.<\/p>\n
Throughout government service, Victor Jackovich specialized in organizing, staffing and launching new operations, especially in war zones and in times of major political transition, and leading them through their formative years.<\/p>\n
During the warfare in the Balkans, he opened the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and spent the conflict years there as the first U.S. Ambassador during the Bush and Clinton Administrations.\u00a0 He was U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia in the Bush Administration.\u00a0 He headed the first ever U.S. representation to the independent state of Moldova, was Director of the Department of State\u2019s Task Force on the Balkans and led U.S. delegations to international conferences in New York, Geneva and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Other key international assignments with the U.S. government included:\u00a0 Moscow, Russia;\u00a0 Kiev, Ukraine;\u00a0 Bucharest, Romania;\u00a0 and, Sofia, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n
In June 2011, Victor Jackovich was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n
Among his many other awards are the U.S. government\u2019s Distinguished Presidential Award for diplomatic service and the American Bar Association\u2019s Max Kampelman Award for \u201cadvancing the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.\u201d\u00a0 He holds the Golden Eagle Award, conferred by the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina;\u00a0 the Serbian Civic Society Award;\u00a0 and, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, conferred by the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for \u201cpolicy guidance provided and special programs designed \u2026 to accelerate integration of new democracies of Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union into NATO and Euro-Atlantic associations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victor Jackovich is married to Deborah Jones, a U.S. diplomat currently on assignment in Washington, and has one son, Jacob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Victor Jackovich is CEO of Jackovich International, a commercial enterprise founded in 2004 in the United States.\u00a0 Jackovich International maintains a network of partnerships with entities in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere.\u00a0 In addition, Victor Jackovich is active in Euro-Atlantic policy associations and has served as senior advisor to American and European companies, including Lockheed Martin (US), Harris (US), General Dynamics (US), RUAG (Switzerland) and others.<\/p>\n