Ian Crawford Kelly is an American statesman who served as the U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from 2010 to 2013. Prior to his ambassadorship he served as spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2009 through 2010. Kelly was educated at St. Olaf College, Northwestern University, and Columbia University, where he taught Russian and earned his doctorate in Slavic studies and literature before joining the Foreign Service. He speaks Russian, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, and Turkish. 

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