Julie D. Fisher

Fisher earned her Bachelor of Arts in Russian and East European studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Public Policy from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-appoint-individuals-key-administration-posts-35/|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts – The White House|website=trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov|accessdate=April 21, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/julie-fisher/ |title=Julie Fisher |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US |access-date=April 28, 2020}}

Fisher is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of minister-counselor. She previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Europe and the EU in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Before that, she was the deputy permanent representative of the U.S. Mission to NATO leading preparations for the 2018 Brussels Summit and the move to the new NATO HQ.  She was the chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state for management and resources supporting reform efforts involving knowledge management, human resources and security at U.S. facilities abroad.  Prior to that, Fisher served as the director of the State Department's Operations Center, the 24/7 team that facilitates communications for the Secretary of State, department principals and colleagues around the globe; the Operations Center also hosts the department's task forces and crisis response teams.

From 2011 to 2013, in support of the NATO Secretary-General, Fisher was detailed to NATO's international staff as deputy director of the Private Office. She has served in assignments at U.S. embassies in Tbilisi, Georgia; Kyiv, Ukraine; and Moscow, Russia, as well as tours at the National Security Council, the bureaus for European Affairs and Near Eastern Affairs, and as a member of the Secretary of State's Executive Secretariat Staff.

On April 20, 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Fisher to be the United States ambassador to Belarus. Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on August 5, 2020. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on September 22, 2020. Fisher was confirmed by the Senate on December 15, 2020, via voice vote,{{cite web |title=PN1733 — Julie D. Fisher — Department of State 116th Congress (2019-2020) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/1733 |website=US Congress | date=December 15, 2020 |access-date=March 27, 2022}} Fisher was to become the first U.S. ambassador to Belarus since 2008 but was denied a visa by Belarusian authorities. She then served in Lithuania as a U.S. special envoy for Belarus in starting in October 2021. On June 9, 2022, Fisher announced that her tenure would be coming to an end.{{Cite press release |title=An Open Letter to the People of Belarus from Ambassador Julie Fisher |date=June 9, 2022 |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Belarus |url=https://by.usembassy.gov/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-belarus-from-ambassador-julie-fisher/ |access-date=June 11, 2022}}

On June 15, 2022, President Joe Biden announced Fisher's nomination to be the next ambassador to Cyprus.{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-20/ |website=The White House |access-date=June 16, 2022 |date=June 15, 2022}} On November 30, 2022, hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate on December 7, 2022. The Senate confirmed her nomination on December 13, 2022 via voice vote.{{cite web |title=PN2257 - Nomination of Julie D. Fisher for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/2257 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=December 13, 2022 |date=December 13, 2022}} She was sworn in by acting Deputy Secretary John R. Bass on February 1, 2023,{{cite tweet |user=CyprusinUSA |number=1620900425825402880 |author=Cyprus Embassy in US |title=Happy to have attended the swearing-in ceremony for the new US Ambassador to Cyprus. |access-date=2023-02-08}} and presented her credentials to President Nicos Anastasiades on February 21, 2023.{{cite tweet |user=USAmbCy |first=Julie |last=Fisher |number=1628100267534176256 |title=Thank you, President Anastasiades, for the warm welcome to Cyprus. |access-date=2023-02-24}}

Fisher speaks Russian, French, and Georgian.

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