B. Bix Aliu

B. Bix Aliu
Official portrait, 2019
Chargé d'affaires of the United States in Poland
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 19, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byGeorgette Mosbacher (as ambassador)
Succeeded byMark Brzezinski (as ambassador)
Consul General of the United States in Kraków, Poland
In office
September 2018 – May 28, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byWalter Braunohler
Succeeded byPatrick T. Slowinski
Personal details
Alma materUnited States Army War College
University of Pristina

Begzat Bix Aliu (born Begzat Azem Aliu) is an American diplomat, and member of the United States Foreign Service. He served as the deputy chief of mission in the embassy of the United States in Podgorica, Montenegro from 2014 to 2017, the Consul General of the United States in Kraków, Poland from 2018 to 2019, and the deputy chief of mission of the embassy of the United States in Warsaw, Poland from 2019 to 2021. He served as the chargé d'affaires of the United States in Poland from January 20, 2021 to January 19, 2022.

Early life and education

Begzat Bix Aliu was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, to an Albanian family. His parents moved in to the United States in the 1960s from Kičevo, then located in Yugoslavia, and currently, in North Macedonia. He has the master of strategic studies degree from the United States Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and a medical degree from the University of Pristina in Kosovo.[1][2][3]

Career

Aliu begun his diplomatic career in 1999, when he was involved in negotiations of the Rambouillet Agreement, as one of the United States special envoys to Kosovo.[4] As a participant in the Pearson Fellowship program of the Department of State, he worked in the United States Congress, as a special advisor to the representative of Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Aliu also served at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the Department of State, where he helped in training of future United States foreign delegates.[4]

Until 2004 he served a vice-consul and deputy cultural attaché at the Embassy of the United States, Warsaw, Poland.[4][3] From 2014 to 2017, he was a deputy chief of mission in the United States embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, where he often acted as the chargé d'affaires.[4][3][5] He later was also the public diplomacy officer in Tirana, Albania, and served diplomatically in the United Arab Emirates. From September 2018 to May 28, 2019, he served as the Consul General in Kraków, Poland, where he worked to advance the economic and cultural ties between the city and the United States.[1][6] On June 2019 he was assigned to the embassy in Warsaw and assisted United States ambassador Georgette Mosbacher.[4][3] His work included involvement in the project of abolition of the visa requirements for Polish citizents in traveling to the United States.[7] He served as the chargé d'affaires for Warsaw embassy, after ambassador Georgette Mosbacher ended her diplomatic mission on January 20, 2021, until ambassador Mark Brzezinski was appointed on February 22, 2022.[8][7][9]

On September 16, 2022, Joe Biden, the president of the United States, nominated Aliu to be the next ambassador to Montenegro.[3][5] His nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2023, who renominated him the same day.[10][11] Despite the nomination, Judy Rising Reinke remained the ambassador instead, serving until 2026.[12]

Private life

Aliu has wife and two children. He is fluent in Albanian, English, Macedonian, Polish, and Serbo-Croatian.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bix Aliu nowym konsulem generalnym USA w Krakowie". niedziela.pl (in Polish). 6 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Zastępca Szefa Misji B. Bix Aliu". pl.usembassy.gov (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2026-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. B. Bix Aliu". pl.usembassy.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. 1 2 "Biden nominates B.Bix Aliu as new ambassador to MNE". cdm.me. 16 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Konsul Generalny USA Bix Aliu żegna się z Krakowem". krakow.pl (in Polish). 1 June 2019.
  7. 1 2 "He will temporarily replace Gerogette Mosbacher. Who is Bix Aliu?" (in Polish). wprost.pl. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. ↑ ""Wspólnie możemy osiągnąć jeszcze więcej". P.o. szefa ambasady USA do Polaków [WIDEO]" (in Polish). tvp.info. 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  9. ↑ Joanna Potocka (22 February 2022). "Ambasador Brzezinski złożył list uwierzytelniający" (in Polish).
  10. ↑ "PN2657 - Nomination of B. Bix Aliu for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". congress.gov. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "PN34 — B. Bix Aliu — Department of State 118th Congress (2023–2024)". US Congress. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ambassador Judy Rising Reinke Concludes Her Mandate in Montenegro". me.usembassy.gov (in Polish). January 19, 2026.
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