# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-guest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:20:28.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-guest"
name: "Michael Guest"
slug: "michael-guest"
description: "Michael E. Guest is an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Ambassador to Romania during the George W. Bush presidency. Guest was sworn in by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on September 18, 2001, and took up his duties on September 24, 2001. His partner Alex Nevarez was acknowledged by Powell at the swearing-in ceremony in the State Department Diplomatic Reception Room. LGBT rights groups viewed Guest's appointment, and Powell's remarks, as historic and indicative of greater recognition of gay State Department employees and same-sex couples. Socially conservative groups expressed opposition to Guest's appointment and to Powell's gesture."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_E._Guest.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           5.471382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Guest"
    title: "Michael E. Guest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "مايكل إي غاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Guest_(Diplomat)"
    title: "Michael Guest (Diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Guest_(diplomat)"
    title: "Michael Guest (diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Guest"
    title: "Michael Guest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Guest"
    title: "Michael Guest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump