Roger D. Carstens

Roger Dean Carstens is an American diplomat and retired United States Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel. Carstens has served as the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs since 2020.

Some of the key events about Roger D. Carstens

1986
Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point
1987
Commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army
2003
Served as a Special Forces officer in Iraq
2004
Worked as a counterterrorism advisor in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
2008
Became a foreign policy advisor to Senator Mitt Romney
2012
Served as senior advisor on counterterrorism for the Director of National Intelligence
2017
Appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2019
Nominated as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
2020
Confirmed by the Senate as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
2021
Retained in position by the Biden administration, continuing work on hostage and detainee issues

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