Joey R. Hood

Joey R. Hood
United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
February 2, 2023 – October 23, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded byDonald Blome
Succeeded byBill Bazzi
Personal details
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
The Fletcher School at Tufts University (MA)

Joey R. Hood is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Tunisia.[1]

Early life and education

Hood earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts degree from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.[2]

Career

Prior to his career in foreign service, Hood was a Fulbright scholar in Burkina Faso, and worked at a bank in Vermont.[3] He became a Pickering Fellow in 1998, being one of the first three to reach the rank of Senior Foreign Service.[4] He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister.[5] Throughout his career, he served in leadership positions overseas as the Chargé d'affaires and deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and the principal officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In addition, he has served as the deputy director and the acting director of the Office of Iranian Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, as the public affairs officer of the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar, and as the political-economic section chief of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen.[2] From January to September 2021, he served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs. Before and after that period, he was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau.[2][3][6]

U.S. ambassador to Tunisia

On May 20, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hood to be the next United States ambassador to Tunisia.[2] On May 24, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[7] Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 27, 2022. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on December 7, 2022. The Senate confirmed Hood in a voice vote on December 21, 2022.[8] He presented his credentials to President Kais Saied on February 2, 2023.[9]

Personal life

Hood speaks French and Arabic.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia Joey R. Hood - U.S. Embassy in Tunisia". U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. United States Department of State. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "President Biden Announces Key Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 20, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 1 2 "Joey Hood". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hood, Joey". Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ Library of Congress (November 12, 2024). "PN2234 - 6 nominees for Foreign Service, 118th Congress (2023-2024)". Congress.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Joey Hood". state.gov. United States Department of State. April 15, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  8. ↑ "PN2173 - Nomination of Joey R. Hood for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  9. ↑ U.S. Embassy Tunis [@usembassytunis] (February 2, 2023). "Newly arrived U.S. Ambassador Joey Hood presented his credentials today to President Kais Saied" (Tweet). Retrieved February 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
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