(C) U.S. State Dept This story was originally published by U.S. State Dept and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 2023 - State Magazine [1] [] Date: 2023-07-01 04:00:00+00:00 July 2023 Elizabeth M. Allen, of New York, was sworn in as the new Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, June 15. Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, was sworn in as the new Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, May 18. June 2023 Richard R. Verma, of Maryland, was sworn in as the new Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, April 5. May 2023 Eric M. Garcetti, of California, was sworn in to serve as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India, March 21. Michael Alan Ratney (SFS), of Massachusetts, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 21. April 2023 Lynne M. Tracy (SFS), of Ohio, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Jan. 9. William M. Russo, of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Feb. 15. Howard A. Van Vranken, of California, was sworn in as the new U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Dec. 30, 2022. 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. [END] --- [1] Url: https://statemag.state.gov/2023/07/appointments-2023/ Published and (C) by U.S. State Dept Content appears here under this condition or license: Public Domain. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/usstate/