Steven H. Fagin presented his credentials as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Yemen June 1, 2022 in Aden. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of minister counselor, Fagin was most recently deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad (2020-21). He was previously the principal officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Erbil, director of the State Department’s Office of Iranian Affairs (2015-18), and director of the Regional Affairs Office in the State Department’s South and Central Asia Bureau (2013-15). Fagin is the recipient of various Senior Performance, Superior Honor, and Meritorious Honor awards as well as a Presidential Meritorious Rank Award. He holds a BA from Williams College and an MA from the University of Michigan. Fagin additionally attended Harvard Law School and was an exchange student at Tbilisi State University in Georgia.