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Joe Biden picks Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as US ambassador to India
Announcing the nomination, the White House said Eric M Garcetti has been the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles since 2013, following 12 years as a member of the City Council, including six as Council President Garcetti co-founded Climate Mayors and led more than 400 US mayors to adopt the Paris Climate agreement PTI
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 10:18 AM IST
US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India.
If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as India s Ambassador to the US during the Trump administration.
Joe Biden nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as envoy to India
Joe Biden nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as envoy to India
If confirmed by the Senate, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was nominated by US President Joe Biden would replace Kenneth Juster.
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UPDATED: July 10, 2021 04:14 IST
US President Joe Biden has also nominated Denise Campbell Bauer, as his envoy to Monaco; Peter D Haas, to Bangladesh; and Bernadette M Meehan, his top diplomat to Chile. (File photo)
US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster.
As Mayor, Eric Garcetti oversees the busiest container port in the Western Hemisphere,
Los Angeles:
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was nominated by US President Joe Biden as the country s ambassador to India, has said that he is honoured to accept the nomination and will bring the same energy, commitment and love with which he served the city to his new role.
If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as the US Ambassador to India during the Trump administration.
Earlier this week, Mr Juster was appointed as distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Biden nominates Eric Garcetti as new US envoy to India
10 Jul 2021, 06:55 GMT+10
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) announced his intent to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to become the new US Ambassador to India.
The White House release confirmed that President Biden announced his intent to nominate four individuals to serve as US ambassadors: Denise Campbell Bauer, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic and to the Principality of Monaco, Peter D Haas, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People s Republic of Bangladesh, Bernadette M Meehan, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Chile, and Eric M Garcetti, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of India.