Callista Gingrich

Callista Louise Gingrich (née Bisek; born March 4, 1966) is an American politician and businesswoman who has been the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein since 2025. She was the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from December 22, 2017 until January 20, 2017 during the first Donald Trump presidency. She was the President of Gingrich Productions. She is married to former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

Ambassadorship
On May 15, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Gingrich to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. On October 16, 2017, Gingrich was confirmed by the United States Senate with a 70 to 23 vote. She became ambassador on December 22, 2017.

In December 2024, President-elect Trump nominated her to be United States Ambassador to Switzerland. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 18, 2025 by a 51 to 44 vote.

Personal life
Callista Bisek met Newt Gingrich in 1993 when he was House Minority Whip and she was working in the office of Congressman Steve Gunderson.Jones, Meg (March 11, 2012). "Callista Gingrich still has ties to Whitehall"   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (m.jsonline.com). Retrieved March 16, 2012. Callista testified in 1999 as part of Gingrich's divorce proceedings that she and Newt Gingrich began a six-year affair in 1993 while Newt was married to his second wife, Marianne Gingrich. Newt divorced Marianne in December 1999, and on August 18, 2000, Callista and Newt were married in a private ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia.

In 2002, Newt Gingrich, although not a Catholic at the time, asked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta to officially annul his 19-year marriage to Marianne, on the basis that she had been previously married. Callista, a lifelong Catholic, was instrumental in her husband's conversion to Catholicism in 2009. The Gingriches live in McLean, Virginia.

References

Other websites
 Gingrich Productions Website 

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