Julie Chung has been named the next US envoy to Sri Lanka

Julie Chung confirmed as next US envoy to Sri Lanka The US Senate has approved the nomination of Julie Chung to be the new Ambassador of the United States to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

 

The Senate on Saturday had approved a flurry of nominations for overseas diplomatic posts while most of the nominees, including Chung, were approved by voice votes.

 

US President Joe Biden had nominated foreign service woman diplomat Julie Chung to be the country’s next ambassador to Sri Lanka in June.

 

The former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, 49-year-old Julie Jiyoon Chung’s nomination needed to be confirmed by the Senate before she could take up her position in the island nation.

 

Chung was also the Chief of Staff to the Transition Coordinator at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.