1. Alina L Romanowski was born on September 26,1955 and is an American career diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq from June 2022 to December 2024.
17 Facts About Alina Romanowski
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Alina Romanowski previously served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait from February 2020 to April 2022.
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Alina Romanowski's father Thomas A Romanowski, was born in Warsaw, Poland and in 1946 immigrated to the US He was a professor of high-energy physics.
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Alina Romanowski's mother, Carmen M Romanowski, emigrated from Canada and was a French language teacher.
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Alina Romanowski earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago.
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Alina Romanowski has spent four decades in US public service roles, focused in large part in Near East and South Asia.
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Alina Romanowski worked for the Central Intelligence Agency as an intelligence analyst on the Near East and South Asia region for ten years.
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Alina Romanowski served as the director of the NESA Office and country director for Israel.
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Alina Romanowski served as founding Director of the Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, as well as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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Alina Romanowski served in two deputy assistant secretary positions in the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and as acting deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
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From 2011 to 2015, Alina Romanowski served at USAID as deputy assistant administrator for the Middle East Bureau.
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Alina Romanowski became principal deputy coordinator for Counterterrorism in 2017, after serving in an acting role.
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On July 25,2019, President Donald Trump nominated Alina Romanowski to serve as the ambassador to Kuwait.
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Alina Romanowski was confirmed by the Senate via voice vote on December 19,2019.
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Alina Romanowski presented her credentials to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City on February 11,2020.
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On December 8,2021, President Joe Biden nominated Alina Romanowski to be the ambassador to Iraq.
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Alina Romanowski presented her credentials to President Barham Salih on June 2,2022.