President Joe Biden on Friday named Peter Haas as the new nominee for US ambassador to Bangladesh, reports CNBC quoting a White House press release.
Haas is the acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary at the US Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, according to the state departments' official website.
He is a former deputy assistant secretary for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
He previously served as head of the US Consulate General in Mumbai, India.
Haas has also served as chargé d'affaires and deputy permanent representative at the US Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and economic counselor at the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Peter Haas' other diplomatic postings include London, Rabat, Washington, Port-au-Prince, and Berlin.
He holds a BA in International Studies and German from Illinois Wesleyan University. He attended the London School of Economics as a Marshall Scholar, where he earned MSc (Econ) degrees in both the Politics of the World Economy and Comparative Government.
The US president on Friday also revealed nominations for ambassadors to nations including France, India and Chile, added the press release.
Biden's picks for the ambassador roles must be confirmed by the senate. More than 80 of the president's nominees have been confirmed by the Senate, according to The Washington Post, while the chamber is currently considering about 160 more, the CNBC reports adds.
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