Bix Aliu
B. Bix Aliu is a diplomat specialized in foreign diplomatic missions of United States, in the past representing it's interests in Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates. Currently, since January 2021, he serves as chargé d'affaires in embassy of the United States in Warsaw, Poland. Prior to that, he was the deputy chief of mission in Warsaw embassy, serving in the office since 2019.
Previously, he served as an United States Consul General in Kraków, Poland and before that as an deputy chief of mission in the US embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He begun chargé d'affaires for Warsaw embassy, after ambassador Georgette Mosbacher ended her diplomatic mission on 20 January 2021 and will remain in the position until appointment of the new ambassador.<ref name=wprost/>
Bix has received numerous State Department Awards, including seven Superior Honor Awards, six Meritorious Honor Awards, and Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards. He was selected as a member of the inaugural class of Colin Powell Fellows, a program for select foreign service officers who demonstrate inspiring qualities of excellence and leadership. In 2008, the Albanian-American community of Chicago, Illinois chose Bix as "Person of the Year". In 2014, he was featured as one of the top 150 Albanian-American Success Stories among the Albanian-American Community in the U.S. In 2019, the mayor of Kraków decorated Bix with the Honoris Gratia Medal, the city’s highest honor, for his significant advancement of economic and cultural ties between the United States and Kraków.<ref name=gov/>
Private life
Bix Aliu grow up in Chicago metropolitan area, United States. He is married and has two children.<ref name=gov/>
He holds medical degree from the University of Pristina and strategic studies degree from the United States Army War College. He speaks fluently in English, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian and Polish.<ref name=gov/>
Previously, he served as an United States Consul General in Kraków, Poland and before that as an deputy chief of mission in the US embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He begun chargé d'affaires for Warsaw embassy, after ambassador Georgette Mosbacher ended her diplomatic mission on 20 January 2021 and will remain in the position until appointment of the new ambassador.<ref name=wprost/>
Bix has received numerous State Department Awards, including seven Superior Honor Awards, six Meritorious Honor Awards, and Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards. He was selected as a member of the inaugural class of Colin Powell Fellows, a program for select foreign service officers who demonstrate inspiring qualities of excellence and leadership. In 2008, the Albanian-American community of Chicago, Illinois chose Bix as "Person of the Year". In 2014, he was featured as one of the top 150 Albanian-American Success Stories among the Albanian-American Community in the U.S. In 2019, the mayor of Kraków decorated Bix with the Honoris Gratia Medal, the city’s highest honor, for his significant advancement of economic and cultural ties between the United States and Kraków.<ref name=gov/>
Private life
Bix Aliu grow up in Chicago metropolitan area, United States. He is married and has two children.<ref name=gov/>
He holds medical degree from the University of Pristina and strategic studies degree from the United States Army War College. He speaks fluently in English, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian and Polish.<ref name=gov/>
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