Tueller, Matthew Heywood, 1957-

Matthew H. Tueller (born 1957) is an American diplomat who currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Iraq. He is a career foreign service officer. Prior to his current ambassadorship, he served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait (2011-2014) and Yemen (2014-2019).

A Utah native, Tueller grew up in in Europe, North Africa, and Latin America, including four years in Tangier, Morocco. He earned a B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975 and a Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1984. After graduating from Harvard, he worked for a year as an official in the Reagan administration.

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