Background
Tsunis is the son of first-generation immigrants from Greece, James and Eleni Tsunis.
Tsunis is the son of first-generation immigrants from Greece, James and Eleni Tsunis.
New York University; Saint John"s University.
The wait for his confirmation by the Senate caused Norway to be without a United States. ambassador for an unprecedented 23 months. In December 2014, he apparently withdrew his nomination. He earned a Bachelor at New York University in 1989 and a Juris Doctor at Saint John"s University School of Law in 1992.
He has two sisters.
Tsunis was nominated as Ambassador to Norway on September 10, 2013. His nomination was part of a backlog of nominees for ambassador positions across the world. Norway had never been without a United States ambassador for as long previously.
In statements to the press in December 2014, Tsunis indicated that he was no longer seeking the nomination as ambassador to Norway.
Tsunis" nomination hearing generated some controversy, both in Norway and in the United States of America, due to his confession of never having been to Norway and his apparent ignorance of some Norwegian political issues. According to some sources, the United States. Embassy apologized for some statements to the Norwegian government and other involved parties in Norway.