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Biden’s choices for ambassadorial roles

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:37 am
by anglehimu
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, July 9, 2021.

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the names of four new candidates for US ambassadorial posts to countries such as France, India, Bangladesh and Chile, the White House said in a press release. .

Biden will appoint Denise Campbell Bauer to be his ambassador to phone number library France and Monaco. Bauer was said to have been a major fundraiser for former President Barack Obama and had served in his administration as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium between 2013 and the end of Obama’s last term.

Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, was officially listed in the statement as Biden’s intended candidate to become US ambassador to India. Media outlets, including NBC News, reported in May that Garcetti would be appointed to the post.

Peter Haas, a career member of the State Department’s foreign service, was chosen to become Biden’s ambassador to Bangladesh. Haas, who speaks French and German, served as the head of the United States Consulate General in Mumbai, India.