Howard Van Vranken

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Howard Van Vranken
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United States Ambassador to Botswana
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingCraig Lewis Cloud
Personal details
Born
Howard Andree Van Vranken
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
Harvard University (MA)

Howard Andree Van Vranken[1] is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Botswana.

Education[]

Van Vranken earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis and a Master of Arts from Harvard University.[2]

Career[]

A career officer with the United States Foreign Service, Van Vranken has been assigned to embassies in Jerusalem, Sanaa, Oslo, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Belfast, and Tunis. He has also worked in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.[3] He has most recently served as executive director and deputy executive secretary of the United States Department of State.[4]

On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Van Vranken to be the next United States Ambassador to Botswana.[2] On July 20, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] On September 29, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[6] On October 19, 2021, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[7] His nomination is pending before the full United States Senate.

References[]

  1. ^ State. United States Department of State. 1991. p. 23.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Announces Seven Key Nominations". The White House. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Howard Van Vranken". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. ^ Sheehey, Maeve. "Former Sen. Tom Udall is Biden's pick as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  5. ^ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 20, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "PN912 - Nomination of Howard A. Van Vranken for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ "SFRC APPROVES 33 CRITICAL FOREIGN POLICY NOMINATIONS" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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