Mark Savaya
American businessman (born 1985)
Mark Savaya (Arabic: مارك سافايا; born 1985) is an Iraqi American businessman who had served as the United States special envoy to Iraq from October 2025 to January 2026.
Early life
Mark Savaya was born in 1985 in Iraq. The Savayas originate from Tel Keif. He belongs to the indigenous Assyrian minority and is a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Career
Special envoy to Iraq (2025–2026)
In September 2025, Savaya helped mediate the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli researcher who had been abducted by Kata'ib Hezbollah in Baghdad in 2023. Following her release, Tsurkov publicly thanked Savaya on social media. On October 19, 2025, president Donald Trump named Savaya as the United States special envoy for Iraq. On 31 January, 2026, sources close to the post stated that Savaya was no longer filling its role. One of the sources pointed to Savaya's "mishandling" of key situations, including his failure to prevent the nomination of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to be the country's next premier, a move Trump openly warned Baghdad against.
Marijuana dispensary career (2018–2025)
Savaya worked in the convenience store industry before co-founding Future Grow Solutions in Birmingham, Michigan, after the legalization of cannabis in Michigan in November 2018.
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