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Michael J. Fitzpatrick is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Ecuador since 2019.


Early life and education

Fitzpatrick earned a
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from
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and an
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from
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
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Career

Fitzpatrick is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. He has served as an American diplomat since 1988. His career has spanned seven tours at U.S. Missions overseas and in senior leadership positions at the Department of State, including as the interim U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, Foreign Policy Advisor to a four-star member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay as well as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs. He began his government service in 1986, as a Presidential Management Fellow in the State Department's Office of Policy Planning and Coordination in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. On August 16, 2018, President
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
announced his intent to nominate Fitzpatrick to be the next United States Ambassador to Ecuador. On May 23, 2019 his nomination was confirmed by
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in the
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. He presented his credentials to President Lenín Moreno on July 3, 2019.


Awards

He is the recipient of 17 notable State Department awards, including the Director General's Award for Reporting and Analysis. He is also a recipient of the W. Averell Harriman Award from the American Foreign Service Association.


Personal life

Fitzpatrick speaks Spanish and
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.


See also

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List of ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S ...


References

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