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Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas 3:28 PM Office of Presidential Appointments (HR/PAS) Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career AFGHANISTAN, Islamic AMB Vacant Republic of ALBANIA, Republic of AMB Yuri Kim GU CMSFS 12/31/2019 1/3/2020 ALGERIA, People's AMB John P. Desrocher NY CMSFS 8/9/2017 9/7/2017 Democratic Republic of ANDORRA, Principality of SPAIN, Kingdom of AMB Richard Duke Buchan III FL NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 ANGOLA, Republic of AMB Nina Maria Fite PA CMSFS 11/20/2017 1/5/2018 ANTIGUA and BARBUDA BARBADOS AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AMB Edward Charles Prado TX NC 3/29/2018 4/3/2018 Page 1 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career ARMENIA, Republic of AMB Lynne M. Tracy OH CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/10/2019 AUSTRALIA, Commonwealth AMB Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr TN NC 2/13/2019 2/13/2019 of AUSTRIA, Republic of AMB Trevor D. Traina CA NC 3/29/2018 3/29/2018 AZERBAIJAN, Republic of AMB Earle D. Litzenberger CA CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/15/2019 BAHAMAS, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of The BAHRAIN, Kingdom of AMB Justin Siberell MD CMSFS 10/20/2017 11/3/2017 BANGLADESH, People's AMB Earl Robert Miller MI CMSFS 10/17/2018 10/19/2018 Republic of BARBADOS ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Page 2 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career BELARUS, Republic of AMB Vacant BELGIUM, Kingdom of AMB Ronald Gidwitz IL NC 6/29/2018 6/29/2018 BELIZE AMB Vacant BENIN, Republic of AMB Patricia Mahoney VA CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/18/2019 BOLIVIA, Plurinational State AMB Vacant of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AMB Eric George Nelson TX CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/8/2019 BOTSWANA, Republic of AMB Craig Lewis Cloud FL CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/25/2019 BRAZIL, Federative Republic AMB Vacant of BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AMB Matthew John Matthews VA CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/18/2019 BULGARIA, Republic of AMB Herro Mustafa CA CMSFS 9/30/2019 10/1/2019 BURKINA FASO AMB Andrew Robert Young CA CMSFS 10/7/2016 11/18/2016 BURMA, Union of AMB Scot Alan Marciel CA CMSFS 2/16/2016 3/2/2016 Page 3 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career BURUNDI, Republic of AMB Vacant CABO VERDE, Republic of AMB John Jefferson Daigle LA CMSFS 5/29/2019 6/14/2019 CAMBODIA, Kingdom of AMB W. Patrick Murphy VT CMSFS 8/1/2019 8/9/2019 CAMEROON, Republic of AMB Peter Henry Barlerin CO CMSFS 11/21/2017 12/5/2017 CANADA AMB Vacant CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AMB Lucy Tamlyn NY CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/11/2019 CHAD, Republic of AMB Vacant CHILE, Republic of AMB Vacant CHINA, People's Republic of AMB Terry Edward Branstad IA NC 5/22/2017 5/24/2017 COLOMBIA, Republic of AMB Philip S. Goldberg DC CMSFS 8/8/2019 8/9/2019 COMOROS, Union of the MADAGASCAR, Republic of AMB Michael Peter Pelletier ME CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/9/2019 CONGO , Republic of the AMB Todd Philip Haskell FL CMSFS 5/19/2017 6/26/2017 (Brazzaville) Page 4 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career CONGO, Democratic Republic AMB Michael A. Hammer MD CMSFS 9/10/2018 9/11/2018 of the (Kinshasa) COSTA RICA, Republic of AMB Sharon Day FL NC 8/9/2017 8/10/2017 COTE D’IVOIRE, Republic of AMB Richard K. Bell PA CMSFS 8/8/2019 9/3/2019 CROATIA, Republic of AMB W. Robert Kohorst CA NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 CUBA, Republic of AMB Vacant CYPRUS, Republic of AMB Judith Gail Garber VA CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/10/2019 CZECH REPUBLIC AMB Stephen B. King WI NC 10/18/2017 10/18/2017 DENMARK, Kingdom of AMB Carla Sands CA NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 DJIBOUTI, Republic of AMB Larry Edward Andre, Jr. TX CMSFS 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 DOMINICA, Commonwealth ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 of BARBADOS GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA Page 5 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career DOMINICA, Commonwealth SAINT VINCENT AND THE AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 of GRENADINES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AMB Robin S. Bernstein FL NC 7/2/2018 7/3/2018 ECUADOR, Republic of AMB Michael J. Fitzpatrick VA CMSFS 5/29/2019 5/30/2019 EGYPT, Arab Republic of AMB Jonathan R. Cohen CA CMSFS 11/13/2019 11/14/2019 EL SALVADOR, Republic of AMB Ronald Douglas Johnson FL NC 7/3/2019 7/16/2019 EQUATORIAL GUINEA, AMB Susan N. Stevenson WA CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/9/2019 Republic of ERITREA, State of AMB Vacant ESTONIA, Republic of AMB Vacant ESWATINI, Kingdom of AMB Lisa J. Peterson VA CMSFS 11/25/2015 1/4/2016 ETHIOPIA, Federal AMB Michael Arthur Raynor MD CMSFS 8/9/2017 9/1/2017 Democratic Republic of FIJI, Republic of KIRIBATI, Republic of AMB Joseph Cella MI NC 9/26/2019 10/17/2019 NAURU, Republic of TONGA, Kingdom of Page 6 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career FIJI, Republic of TUVALU AMB Joseph Cella MI NC 9/26/2019 10/17/2019 FINLAND, Republic of AMB Robert Frank Pence VA NC 4/4/2018 4/4/2018 FRENCH REPUBLIC MONACO, Principality of AMB Jamie McCourt CA NC 11/20/2017 11/20/2017 GABONESE REPUBLIC SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, AMB Vacant Democratic Republic of GAMBIA, Republic of The AMB Richard Carlton Paschall III NC CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/15/2019 GEORGIA AMB Kelly C. Degnan CA CMSFS 12/31/2019 1/13/2020 GERMANY, Federal Republic AMB Richard Grenell CA NC 4/26/2018 4/26/2018 of GHANA, Republic of AMB Stephanie Sanders Sullivan MD CMSFS 9/10/2018 11/30/2018 GREECE (Hellenic Republic) AMB Geoffrey R. Pyatt CA CMSFS 8/11/2016 9/28/2016 Grenada ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 BARBADOS DOMINICA, Commonwealth of SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA Page 7 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career Grenada SAINT VINCENT AND THE AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 GRENADINES GUATEMALA, Republic of AMB Luis E. Arreaga VA CMSFS 8/9/2017 10/2/2017 GUINEA, Republic of AMB Simon Henshaw MA CMSFS 1/7/2019 2/1/2019 GUINEA-BISSAU, Republic of SENEGAL, Republic of AMB Tulinabo Salama Mushingi VA CMSFS 5/19/2017 6/20/2017 GUYANA, Co-operative AMB Sarah-Ann Lynch MD CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/11/2019 Republic of HAITI, Republic of AMB Michele Jeanne Sison MD CMSFS 1/12/2018 2/12/2018 HOLY SEE AMB Callista L. Gingrich VA NC 10/17/2017 10/18/2017 HONDURAS, Republic of AMB Vacant HUNGARY AMB David B. Cornstein NY NC 5/25/2018 5/29/2018 ICELAND, Republic of AMB Jeffrey Ross Gunter NC NC 6/12/2019 6/12/2019 INDIA, Republic of AMB Kenneth Ian Juster NY NC 11/3/2017 11/3/2017 INDONESIA, Republic of AMB Joseph R. Donovan, Jr. VA CMSFS 10/3/2016 11/4/2016 Page 8 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career IRAQ, Republic of AMB Matthew H. Tueller UT CMSFS 5/17/2019 5/28/2019 IRELAND AMB Edward F. Crawford OH NC 6/18/2019 6/20/2019 ISRAEL, State of AMB David Friedman NY NC 3/24/2017 3/24/2017 ITALIAN REPUBLIC SAN MARINO, Republic of AMB Lewis M. Eisenberg FL NC 8/9/2017 8/10/2017 JAMAICA AMB Donald R. Tapia AZ NC 7/24/2019 7/25/2019 JAPAN AMB Vacant JORDAN, Hashemite Kingdom AMB Vacant of KAZAKHSTAN, Republic of AMB William H. Moser NC CMSFS 1/7/2019 1/15/2019 KENYA, Republic of AMB Kyle McCarter IL NC 1/7/2019 1/15/2019 KIRIBATI, Republic of FIJI, Republic of AMB Joseph Cella MI NC 9/26/2019 10/17/2019 NAURU, Republic of TONGA, Kingdom of TUVALU KOREA, Republic of AMB Harry B. Harris, Jr. FL NC 6/29/2018 6/29/2018 Page 9 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career KOSOVO, Republic of AMB Philip S. Kosnett VA CMSFS 9/10/2018 9/17/2018 KUWAIT, State of AMB Alina L. Romanowski IL CMSES 12/31/2019 1/6/2020 KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AMB Donald Lu CA CMSFS 9/10/2018 9/18/2018 LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC AMB Rena Bitter TX CMSFS 10/3/2016 10/21/2016 REPUBLIC LATVIA, Republic of AMB John Leslie Carwile MD CMSFS 9/30/2019 10/2/2019 LEBANESE REPUBLIC AMB Elizabeth Holzhall Richard VA CMSFS 5/20/2016 6/21/2016 LESOTHO, Kingdom of AMB Rebecca Eliza Gonzales TX CMSFS 11/21/2017 11/22/2017 LIBERIA, Republic of AMB Christine Ann Elder KY CMSFS 5/20/2016 6/20/2016 LIBYA AMB Richard B.
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  • Congressional Record—Senate S5672
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