Eugene_Young_(diplomat)

Eugene S. Young

Eugene S. Young

American diplomat

Eugene Stewart Young[1] is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of the Congo since 2022.

For persons of a similar name, see Eugene Young (disambiguation).
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Education

Raised in Lockport, New York, Young graduated from Lockport Senior High School in 1980. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in international studies from Miami University and a Master of Arts in international affairs from the Elliott School at George Washington University.[2][3]

Career

Young is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He was the Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. embassy in Vienna, Austria; the Consul and Senior Civilian Representative of the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan; and the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Among his other assignments, Young served as the economic counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, the Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Durban, South Africa, and as a Special Assistant in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State. He is serving as the economic counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.[2]

Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo

On April 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Young to be the next United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo.[2] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on his nomination on June 9, 2021. The committee reported his nomination favorably on June 24, 2021. Young was confirmed on December 18, 2021, by the entire Senate via voice vote.[4] He presented his credentials to President Denis Sassou N’Guesso on March 30, 2022.[5]

Personal life

Young speaks German, French, Slovene, Slovak, and Serbo-Croatian.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "PN1908 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service". U.S. Congress. December 7, 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  2. [2]
    "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. [3]
    "Lockport native advances in Foreign Service". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Lockport, New York. April 12, 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. [4]
    "PN417 - Nomination of Eugene S. Young for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. December 18, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  5. [5]
    @USEmbassyBrazza (March 30, 2022). "L'Ambassadeur Eugene S. Young, nouvel Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en Rép. du Congo, a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président Denis Sassou N'Guesso aujourd'hui" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-31 – via Twitter.
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