Glenn Nye

Glenn Nye


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Thelma Drake
Succeeded by	Scott Rigell
Personal details
Born	Glenn Carlyle Nye III (1974-09-09) September 9, 1974 (age 42) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Norfolk, Virginia
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Profession	former Foreign Service officer
Religion	Presbyterian
Website	www.glennnye.com

Glenn Carlyle Nye III (born September 9, 1974) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in his attempt to attain re-election on November 2, 2010.

The district includes all of Virginia Beach and the Eastern Shore, as well as parts of Norfolk and Hampton.

Nye was born in Philadelphia, but his family has lived in the Hampton Roads area for five generations. He grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school at Norfolk Academy. A graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he volunteered on medical education missions to the Middle East while in college. He began his foreign service career focusing on economic development in war-torn Eastern Europe while working for the U.S. Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Nye joined the U.S. State Department in 2001, where he served in Kosovo and Macedonia as a member of the Foreign Service. During the Macedonian Conflict in 2001, he helped organize the evacuation of Albanian insurgents fighters, along with 26 U.S. military contractors who were trapped in the village of Arachinovo. The American citizens were reported to be working for MPRI, and provided training and consulting to the Albanian insurgents. For this, Nye received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award, although the incident is considered to be highly controversial within Macedonia.