Appointments | 2023


March 2023

Jessica Davis Ba (SFS), of the District of Columbia, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Dec. 23, 2022.

Elizabeth F. Bagley, of Florida, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dec. 22, 2022.

Michael Battle, of Georgia, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Dec. 21, 2022.

Cynthia Dyer, of Virginia, was sworn in as the new Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador-at-Large, Jan. 4.

Joey R. Hood (SFS), of New Hampshire, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, Dec. 26, 2022.

George P. Kent (SFS), of Massachusetts, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Dec. 21, 2022.

Rachna S. Korhonen (SFS), of New Jersey, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Dec. 22, 2022.

Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, was sworn in as the new Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, Dec. 30, 2022.

Lucy Tamlyn (SFS), of Rhode Island, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dec. 28, 2022.


February 2023

William H. Duncan (SFS), of Texas, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Dec. 20, 2022.

Christopher T. Robinson (SFS), of Maryland, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Dec. 20, 2022.

Kathleen A. Kavalec (SFS), of California, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Dec. 20, 2022.

Henry V. Jardine (SFS), of Virginia, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and concurrently as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Dec. 20, 2022.

Robert J. Faucher (SFS), of Arizona, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Dec. 20. 2022.

Julie D. Fisher (SFS), of Tennessee, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Dec. 20, 2022.


January 2023

Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr. (SFS), of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Sept. 29, 2022.

Heide B. Fulton (SFS), of West Virginia, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dec. 16, 2022.

Kristina A. Kvien (SFS), of California, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Dec. 16, 2022.

Bijan Sabet, of Massachusetts, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Dec. 16, 2022.

Kenneth Merten (SFS), of Virginia, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Dec. 19, 2022.

Manuel P. Micaller, Jr. (SFS), of California, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Dec. 19, 2022.

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