B. Bix Aliu

Begzat Bix Aliu is an Albanian-American diplomat who was the nominee to be the next U.S Ambassador to Montenegro in 2022 and 2023 under Biden administration.

B. Bix Aliu
Chargé d'affaires of the United States in Poland
In office 20 January 2021 – 19 January 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Georgette Mosbacher
Succeeded by	Mark Brzezinski
Consul General of the United States in Krakow
In office 2018–2019
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Walter Braunohler
Succeeded by	Patrick T. Slowinski
Personal details
Born	Begzat Azem Aliu Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	U.S. Army War College University of Pristina

Early life and education

Aliu holds a Medical Degree from the University of Pristina in Kosovo, and a Master of Strategic Studies Degree from the U.S. Army War College.^[1]

Career

Aliu is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minster-Counselor. Aliu most recently served as Chargé d’affaires, ad interim of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary. He also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Poland and was Chargé d’affaires, ad interim there for all of 2021. Aliu previously served as the Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Kraków, Poland. Other assignments include service as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro, Public Diplomacy Officer in Tirana, Albania, Deputy Orientation Coordinator at the United States Department of State’s National Foreign Affairs Training Center and serving in Congress as a Pearson Congressional Fellow.^[1]

Nominee as Ambassador to Montenegro

On September 16, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Aliu to be the next ambassador to Montenegro.^[1] His nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2023.^[2]

President Biden renominated Aliu the same day. His nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.^[3]

Awards and recognitions

Aliu is the recipient of multiple performance awards from the Department of State. Aliu was also decorated with the Honoris Gratia Medal given out in Kraków during his tenure there, the city’s highest honor, for his work in advancing economic and cultural ties between the United States and the city.^[1]

Personal life

Aliu speaks Albanian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian.^[1]