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Alexander A. Arvizu (born ) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Albania from to
Alexander A. Arvizu is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Albania from to...
A career Foreign Service officer, and avid baseball fan, Alexander A. Arvizu has served as U.S. ambassador to Albania since November 10, His posting to the small European country comes after spending most of his time handling U.S.
foreign policy for Asia.
Born on a U.S. Army base in Japan, Arvizu is a first-generation American. His mother, from Kyoto, and his father, an American soldier originally from Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, with Basque heritage, met during the U.S.
occupation of Japan after World War II. The family settled in Colorado Springs, where Arvizu grew up.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in , and the following year, Arizu joined the Foreign Service.
During his career, his overseas and domestic assignments have tended to cover East Asia and the Pacific.
He worked as a staff officer in the State Department’s Executive Secretariat early in his career, then served two tours in South Korea and one i