Troy D. Fitrell | |
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United States Ambassador to Guinea | |
Assumed office January 19, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Steven Koutsis Chargéd'Affaires |
Chargéd'Affaires of Mauritius and Chargéd'Affaires of Seychelles | |
In office February 2011 –November 2012 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Mary Jo Wills |
Succeeded by | Shari Villarosa |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Maryland (BA) National War College (MS) |
Troy Damian Fitrell is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Guinea since January 2022.
Fitrell earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Maryland and a Master of Science at the National War College. [1]
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 nominated Fitrell to be the next United States Ambassador to Guinea. [1] [3] On August 5,2021,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [4] On October 19,2021,his nomination was reported favorably out of committee. [5] On December 18,2021,the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. [6] He assumed office on January 19,2022. [7]
Fitrell speaks French,Spanish,Portuguese,Swedish and Danish. [1]
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