Steven Christopher Koutsis is an American diplomat who served as the Chargé d’Affaires of Guinea between 2020 and 2022. He was a former nominee to be the

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Early life and education

Koutsis earned a

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from

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in 1979."President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts" White House, July 24, 2019

Career

Koutsis is a career member of the

Senior Foreign Service The Senior Foreign Service (SFS) comprises the top four ranks of the United States Foreign Service. These ranks were created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12293 in order to provide the Foreign Service with senior grades equ ...

, class of Minister Counselor. His diplomatic career has involve roles as the Director of the Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Deputy Chief of Mission in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Deputy Director in the Office of Central African Affairs. Prior assignments include service as Team Leader of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Diyala Province, Iraq, Political and Economic Counselor in Monrovia, Liberia, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Most recently, from 2016 to 2019, he served as the Charge d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan. Koutsis became ''

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'' for Guinea in September 2020. On July 24, 2019, he was nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to Chad. On August 1, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the

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Personal life

Koutsis speaks French and Arabic.

References

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