Troy D. Fitrell

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Troy D. Fitrell
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Fitrell in 2017
United States Ambassador to Guinea
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingSteven Koutsis
Chargé d'Affaires
Chargé d'Affaires of Mauritius and Chargé d'Affaires of Seychelles
In office
February 2011 – November 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMary Jo Wills
Succeeded byShari Villarosa
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Maryland (BA)
National War College (MS)

Troy Damian Fitrell is an American diplomat who is the designate to be the United States Ambassador to Guinea.

Early life and education[]

Fitrell earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Maryland and a Master of Science at the National War College.[1]

Career[]

Fitrell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor. He has served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassies in Ethiopia and Mauritius,[2] as deputy director of the department’s Office of Southern African Affairs, and as deputy director of the Office of International Security Cooperation in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He was senior advisor to the United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes, coordinating U.S. policy on the cross-border security, political, and economic issues in the Great Lakes region. Fitrell served as a Pearson Fellow on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and was a watch officer in the Department’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.[1]

On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Fitrell to be the next United States Ambassador to Guinea.[1][3] On June 23, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[4] On August 5, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[5] On October 19, 2021, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[6] The United States Senate confirmed him on December 18, 2021 by voice vote.


References[]

  1. ^ a b c "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine More Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Troy D. Fitrell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. ^ Nichols, Hans (June 15, 2021). "Biden names first political ambassadors, including Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 23, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "PN733 - Nomination of Troy Damian Fitrell for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  6. ^ "SFRC APPROVES 33 CRITICAL FOREIGN POLICY NOMINATIONS" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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