Obama nominates Indian-American woman as US ambassador to Chad
Thursday, 21/04/2016
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NEW YORK: President Barack Obama has appointed Geeta Pasi, an Indian-American member of the US foreign service, as the next ambassador to Chad.
If confirmed, Pasi will be the third Indian-American currently serving as US ambassador — after Rich Verma in India and Atul Keshap in Sri Lanka—to be appointed by Obama.
Another Indian-American, Swati Dandekar, who was appointed by Obama to the Asian Development Bank at an ambassador-level position, is awaiting Senate confirmation.
This is Pasi’s second ambassadorial posting. Her first was in Djibouti, also in Africa, from 2011 to 2014.
Before Djibouti, Pasi was the director of the office of East African affairs, deputy chief of mission at the embassy in Dhaka and deputy principal officer at the US consulate in Frankfurt.
