Troy D. Fitrell

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| country = Guinea

| president = Joe Biden
Donald Trump

| term_start = January 19, 2022

| term_end = January 20, 2025https://x.com/EmbassyConakry/status/1886803464849698943?t=CwN1DMe1ysGkcSYhn_cjvQ&s=19

| predecessor = Steven Koutsis
Chargé d'Affaires

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| office1 = Chargé d'Affaires of Mauritius and Chargé d'Affaires of Seychelles

| president1 = Barack Obama

| term_start1 = February 2011

| term_end1 = November 2012

| predecessor1 = Mary Jo Wills

| successor1 = Shari Villarosa

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| nationality = American

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| education = University of Maryland (BA)
National War College (MS)

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Troy Damian Fitrell is an American diplomat who had served as the United States ambassador to Guinea.

Fitrell appointed Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs on January 20, 2025

Early life and education

Fitrell earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Maryland and a Master of Science at the National War College.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine More Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors |date=June 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-nine-more-individuals-to-serve-as-ambassadors/}} {{PD-notice}}

Career

Fitrell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselorhttps://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1421/1/all-info. He has served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassies in Ethiopia and Mauritius,{{Cite web |title=Troy D. Fitrell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fitrell-troy-damian |access-date=2021-06-16 |website=history.state.gov |language=en}} as deputy director of the department’s Office of Southern African Affairs, and as deputy director of the Office of International Security Cooperation in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He was senior advisor to the United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes, coordinating U.S. policy on the cross-border security, political, and economic issues in the Great Lakes region. Fitrell served as a Pearson Fellow on the staff of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and was a watch officer in the Department’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.

=Ambassador to Guinea=

On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Fitrell to be the next United States Ambassador to Guinea.{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Hans |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Biden names first political ambassadors, including Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/biden-name-first-political-ambassadors-193101125.html |access-date=June 15, 2021 |website=www.yahoo.com |language=en-US}} On August 5, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=PN733 - Nomination of Troy Damian Fitrell for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/733 |access-date=2021-11-10 |website=www.congress.gov}} On October 19, 2021, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.{{Cite press release |title=SFRC APPROVES 33 CRITICAL FOREIGN POLICY NOMINATIONS |date=October 19, 2021 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/chair/release/sfrc-approves-33-critical-foreign-policy-nominations- |access-date=November 9, 2021}} On December 18, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2021 |title=PN733 - Nomination of Troy Damian Fitrell for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/733 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} He assumed office on January 19, 2022.{{Cite web |title=Ambassador Troy Damian Fitrell |url=https://gn.usembassy.gov/ambassador/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120192727/https://gn.usembassy.gov/ambassador/ |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=January 20, 2022 |website=U.S. Embassy in Guinea |publication-date=January 19, 2022}}