Michael J. Murphy (diplomat)

Michael John Murphy is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina since February 2022.

For persons of a similar name, see Michael J. Murphy (disambiguation).

Michael J. Murphy
United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
February 23, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byEric Nelson
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
In office
June 18, 2018 – September 24, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Acting
In office
February 18, 2019 – September 1, 2019
Personal details
BornRochester, New York, U.S.
EducationHamilton College (BA)

Early life and education

Michael John Murphy was born in Rochester, New York to John Murphy and Barbara (Schafer) Murphy. He is the eldest of three sons. The family lived in Chili, New York until 1973 when they moved to East Greenbush, New York. Murphy attended Columbia High School, graduating in 1983. Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College in 1987 where he was also involved with Phi Beta Kappa. Murphy and his wife, Kimberly Haroz, met in their diplomatic training class in 1991, and the two married in Lagos, Nigeria in 1992. They have no children.[1]

Career

Murphy is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor where he has served for 30 years.[2] From 2017 to 2018, served as director of the office for European security & political-military affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. From 2015 to 2017, he served as the associate dean of the leadership and management school at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center. From 2012 to 2015, Murphy was the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana and also as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., in Botswana from February 2014 to January 2015. From 2009 to 2012, he was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo[3] and served for three years as political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other overseas postings include London; Yaoundé, Cameroon; and Lagos, Nigeria. In Washington, D.C., he served as chief of staff to both the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and the Director General of the Foreign Service.[1] He also served as desk officer for Bulgaria and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.[4] From June 18, 2018, until September 24, 2021, he had served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.[3]

United States ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina

On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Murphy to be the next United States ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. On October 5, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[5] On October 19, 2021, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[6] The United States Senate confirmed him on December 18, 2021 by voice vote.[7] He presented his credentials on February 23, 2022.[8] In April 2022, he supported UDIK's idea about monument at Kazani.[9][10]

Personal life

Murphy speaks Serbo-Croatian and French.[1]

See also

References
  1. "President Biden Announces Seven Key Nominations" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Hernandez, Michael Gabriel (17 July 2021). "Biden picks Michael Murphy to be US envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "Michael J. Murphy". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. "Murphy, Michael - Bosnia and Herzegovina - July 2021". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. "PN911 - Nomination of Michael J. Murphy for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. "SFRC APPROVES 33 CRITICAL FOREIGN POLICY NOMINATIONS" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. "PN911 - Nomination of Michael J. Murphy for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. "Ambassador Michael J. Murphy". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  9. "Ambasador Murphy oduševljen radom Edvina Ćudića i UDIK-a: Njihova inicijativa za izgradnju spomen-obilježja na Kazanima zaslužuje podršku". Oslobođenje. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. "Murphy obišao Kazane: Spomenik je nepotpun bez imena žrtava i nalogodavca zločina Cace". Klix. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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