Draft:Joshua M. Harris
Joshua M. Harris | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Algeria | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Elizabeth Moore Aubin |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA) London School of Economics |
Joshua M. Harris is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Algeria.
Education
[edit]Harris is a graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the London School of Economics.[1]
Career
[edit]From 2021 to 2022, Harris served as director for North African Affairs at the National Security Council,[2] coordinating the development and implementation of U.S. policies in the Maghreb region. From 2019 to 2021, Harris also served as deputy chief of mission and chargé d'affaires, ad interim, at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya and at the Libya External Office in Tunis, Tunisia. Earlier assignments included acting deputy assistant secretary of state and director of the Office of Maghreb Affairs in the Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; policy director to the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and director for Iraq at the National Security Council. Other overseas assignments included Ljubljana, Slovenia; Baghdad, Iraq; and Zagreb, Croatia.[1] Since 2022, he has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for North African Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, overseeing U.S. diplomacy with Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.[2]
On February 29, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Harris to serve as the United States ambassador to Algeria.[3] His nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[4] On June 13, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He speaks Arabic, Croatian, French, Italian, Polish, and Slovenian.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "President Biden Announces Key Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 29, 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Joshua Harris". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 29, 2024.
- ^ "PN1475 — Joshua M. Harris — Department of State". congress.gov. February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Senate Foreign Relations Committee. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- Year of birth missing (living people)
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- 21st-century American diplomats
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Ambassadors of the United States to Libya
- United States Department of State officials
- United States Foreign Service personnel
- Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni