Steven Fagin

Steven H. Fagin is an American diplomat who had served as the United States ambassador to Yemen.

Early life and education

Fagin graduated in 1985 from East Brunswick High School and earned a BA from Williams College and his MA from the University of Michigan. He also attended Harvard Law School and was an exchange student at Tbilisi State University in Georgia.

Career Fagin is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of minister–counselor; he joined in 1997. He previously served as the principal officer at the U.S. consulate general in Erbil, Iraq. He most recently served as the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Fagin has also held assignments in Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Georgia and Egypt in addition to serving as special assistant to the under secretary of state for political affairs and as the desk officer for Pakistan. On December 2, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate. His nomination ultimately expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2022.

Fagin was subsequently renominated the next day. Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 3, 2022. His nomination was favorably reported on March 23, 2022. His nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote on April 7, 2022.

Civil-Military Coordination Center for Gaza On 24 October 2025, the U.S. State Department appointed Steven Fagin as the civilian lead for a new center working to implement the Gaza peace plan and get humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave.

Awards and recognitions During his service, Fagin has received numerous State Department awards as well as a Presidential Meritorious Service Award.