Tibor Nagy recently retired from a three-decade foreign service career that included more than twenty years in posts across Africa. Among other roles, he served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs (2018-2021), ambassador to Ethiopia (1999-2002) and Guinea (1996-1999), and deputy chief of mission in Nigeria (1993-1995), Cameroon (1990-1993), and Togo (1987-1990).