Tibor Peter Nagy Jr. (born April 29, 1949) is a Hungarian-American diplomat. He is former United States

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, and a former American foreign service officer who served as the American

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and to

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. He had as the acting Under Secretary of State for Management from January 20, 2025 to April 4, 2025.

Early life and education

As a child, Nagy was forced to flee from Hungary and arrived in

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in 1957, which became his home. After retiring from the Foreign Service, Nagy served as Vice Provost for International Affairs at

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, from which he graduated in 1972. He also received a master's degree from the

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in 1978. Tibor entered the foreign service in 1978.

Career

Nagy is a retired career U.S. Foreign Service officer who followed through assignments as US Ambassador to Ethiopia and Guinea as well as the

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and

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. His earlier assignments included

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, the

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, Ethiopia, and Washington, D.C. Nagy was nominated to the position of

by President

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on May 10, 2018. He testified before the

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Foreign Relations Committee on June 14 and was confirmed by a voice vote of the full Senate on June 28. Nagy assumed office on July 23, 2018. He was succeeded by Robert F. Godec.

Personal life

Nagy has been married to Jane since 1971. They have three adult children who were the first

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born in the independent

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Publications

The 2014 Paris Book Festival awarded the winning prize in non-fiction to "Kiss Your Latte Goodbye: Managing Overseas Operations" which was co-authored by Nagy.

References

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