Elizabeth K. Horst
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Elizabeth Horst
| image = Elizabeth Horst, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.jpg
| caption = Horst in 2022
| office = United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka
| president = Joe Biden
| status = Nominee
| term_start = TBD
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| succeeding = Julie J. Chung
| office1 = United States Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Estonia
| president1 = Donald Trump
| term_start1 = July 29, 2018
| term_end1 = August 2, 2019
| predecessor1 = James D. Melville Jr.
| successor1 = Brian R. Roraff
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Elizabeth Kathryn Horst is an American diplomat who served as the United States' Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Estonia from 2018 to 2019, and was nominated in 2024 to be [List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives|United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka]].
Early life and education
Elizabeth Horst graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history and German from the University of Kansas, and with a Master of Arts in modern German history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She served as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in Niger.{{Cite news |title=Chargé d'Affaires Elizabeth Horst |work=United States Department of State |url=https://ee.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/dcm/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223702/https://ee.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/dcm/ |archive-date=December 15, 2018}}
Career
Horst came from U.S. Embassy Berlin, where she was Minister Counselor for Public Diplomacy for Mission Germany and a member of the Senior Foreign Service. Previously, Elizabeth served as SCA’s Director of the Security, Transnational Affairs and Assistance (STA) Office.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Horst |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/elizabeth-horst/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}
Horst served as the Deputy Economic Counselor in Kyiv, Ukraine. She led the interagency task forces of the United States' embassy in Ukraine during the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
On July 29, 2018, she replaced James D. Melville Jr. as the United States' Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Estonia. She served until her replacement by Brian R. Roraff on August 2, 2019.{{Cite news |title=Elizabeth K. Horst (?–) |work=United States Department of State |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/horst-elizabeth-k |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200813013518/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/horst-elizabeth-k |archive-date=August 13, 2020}}{{Cite news |title=Chiefs of Mission for Estonia |work=United States Department of State |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/estonia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200813013621/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/estonia |archive-date=August 13, 2020}}
In February 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Horst to serve as ambassador to Sri Lanka.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=February 29, 2024 |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/29/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-67/ |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century American diplomats
Category:Consuls for the United States
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Estonia
Category:University of Kansas alumni
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni