The administration is also expected to make the best choice for the official roles of senior government departments in the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
The choice of the administration of a lead mainly career officials for the top posts indicates a shift in the Trump administration’s confidence in political appointments and shows that the Biden team is doubling its commitment to investing in career diplomats.
According to the list seen by CNN, the administration will nominate Larry André as ambassador to Somalia, Elizabeth Moore Aubin for Algeria, Steven Bondy for Bahrain, Maria Brewer for Lesotho, Marc Knapper for Vietnam, Christopher Lamora for Cameroon, Tulinabo Mushingi for Angola and Sao Tome & Principe, Michael Raynor for Senegal and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and Eugene Young for the Republic of Congo.
Biden officials plan for a larger percentage of career ambassadors than the Trump administration, a senior administration official told CNN and the White House said the nomination of career diplomats for ambassadorial posts would come before the politically appointed ambassadors were announced.
CNN reported earlier that Biden had received the names of the best candidates for ambassadors to the European Union, NATO and other high-level posts, including China. He is expected to make a decision later this month. .
Meanwhile, most embassies without confirmed ambassadors are assisted by the diplomats who were the second commander. At the US embassy in Moscow, the government of Biden detained John Sullivan – a Trump nominee – for the foreseeable future.
The average number of politically appointed ambassadors from Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama was 31% and the number rose to 43% under former President Donald Trump, according to a report from the Foreign Relations Council, written by experienced State Department officials who now share forming part of Biden’s government. .
The administration will also announce seven nominees for senior positions at the State Department – three current career diplomats and one former. Many of these posts were left vacant or given political appointments under the Biden administration.
Candidates are expected to include Marcia Bernicat as Director-General of the Foreign Service and Chair of the Foreign Service Council, Karen Donfried to lead the European Bureau, Barbara Leaf to lead the Middle East Bureau, Molly Phee to lead the To lead Africa bureau. and to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, Michele Sison to chair the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Gentry Smith to chair the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Anne Witkowsky to chair the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations leads and serves as coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to accurately reflect the countries to which Elizabeth Moore Aubin and Christopher Lamora are nominated as ambassadors.