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Mark Henry Gitenstein . . .is an American lawyer and diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to the European Union since 2022. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on July 27, 2021,[1] and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 2021. He formerly served as the United States ambassador to Romania from 2009 to 2012; he was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 11, 2009[2] and confirmed by the Senate on July 8, 2009.[3]. . .
Gitenstein is of Romanian Jewish heritage, as his grandparents were immigrants from Botoșani, Romania in the late-19th century.[4][5][6] He attended the Indian Springs School, graduating in 1964.[7] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown Law School. - - As of 04/24/2022: