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Susan Falatko will assume the role of Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in Sofia

Susan Falatko
Photo: U.S. Embassy Sofia

Career Foreign Service Officer Susan Falatko has arrived in Sofia on February 18 to assume the role of Chargé d’Affaires.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Falatko’s service includes assignments as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia; Director of the Office of South Central Europe (Western Balkans) at the State Department in Washington, D.C.; Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius; and Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. 

She has also served in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Geneva, Switzerland; Havana, Cuba; and Bamako, Mali.

Ms. Falatko holds Masters’ degrees from the National Defense University and the George Washington University and a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Iowa.

With Ms. Falatko’s appointment as Chargé d’Affaires, H. Martin McDowell has resumed his duties as Deputy Chief of the Mission at the Embassy.



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