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===Nomination as ambassador to Niger===
===Nomination as ambassador to Niger===
On July 29, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate FitzGibbon as the next ambassador to [[Niger]].<ref name="WHBio" />
On July 29, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate FitzGibbon as the next ambassador to [[Niger]].<ref name="WHBio" /> On August 3, 2022, her nomination was sent to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-79/ |website=The White House |access-date=3 August 2022 |date=3 August 2022}}</ref> Her nomination is pending before the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 20:53, 3 August 2022

Kathleen A. FitzGibbon is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the next US Ambassador to Niger.

Early life and education

FitzGibbon earned her Bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College and a Master’s degree from the University of California, Davis.[1]

Career

FitzGibbon is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. Before that, FitzGibbon served as the first Division Chief, West and Southern Africa, and then the Director of the Office of Africa Analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research within the U.S. Department of State. Other assignments in Africa include service as the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassies in Sierra Leone and Gabon, as well as the chief of the Political and Economic section of the U.S. Embassy in Uganda. FitzGibbon also served at the U.S. Embassy in Chad and had an earlier posting in Nigeria. FitzGibbon also worked in the Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons in the State Department. Before joining the State Department, she was a lecturer at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.[1]

Nomination as ambassador to Niger

On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate FitzGibbon as the next ambassador to Niger.[1] On August 3, 2022, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[2] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Personal life

FitzGibbon speaks French.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.