Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons (born 1972/1973) is an American diplomat who is serving as the

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Education

Fitzsimmons earned a

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from the

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. She also holds a certificate from the International Division of

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, Tokyo, Japan 1993.

Career

Fitzsimmons is a career member of the

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, class of

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. She has served overseas in

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and

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. She has also worked in the State Department's Operations Center and as Deputy Director of the State Department's

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. Other assignments included being deputy executive secretary to Secretaries

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and

Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American engineer and energy executive who served as the 69th U.S. secretary of state from February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. Prior to joining the Trump administ ...

, senior advisor at the Foreign Service Institute, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Public Diplomacy) in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. From October 1, 2018, to 2021, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Africa and Public Diplomacy. Prior to that, she was Acting Deputy Spokesperson for the Department. From January to September 2021, she served as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs.

United States ambassador to Togo

On August 4, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Fitzsimmons to be the next

. The

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held hearings on her nomination on October 20, 2021. The committee reported her favorably to the Senate floor on November 3, 2021. On December 18, 2021, the

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confirmed her nomination by

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. She presented her credentials to President

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on April 26, 2022.

Personal life

Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy married Trevor Morrison Fitzsimmons on November 27, 1999. Their marriage ended in divorce. In 2011 she married Diplomatic Security Special Agent Richard Seipert and the two have five children. Her father was the associate medical director and the chief of surgery at the Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville. Her mother was the president of the Delaware Symphony from 1993 to 1995 and its chairwoman in 1995 and 1996. Fitzsimmons speaks

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, French and

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References

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Education

Career

United States ambassador to Togo

Personal life

See also

References