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U.S. Senate confirms new Ambassador to the Netherlands

WASHINGTON – The United States Senate confirmed Shefali Razdan Duggal as the new American ambassador to the Netherlands. Razdan Duggal, a political activist and women’s rights campaigner, will succeed Pete Hoekstra. 

WASHINGTON

– The United States Senate confirmed Shefali Razdan Duggal as the new American ambassador to the Netherlands. Razdan Duggal, a political activist and women’s rights campaigner, will succeed Pete Hoekstra.

 

The U.S. Senate considered Razdan Duggal’s nomination on Wednesday and confirmed it in a voice vote. The confirmation happened six months after U.S. President Joe Biden submitted her nomination to the Senate. 

The U.S. Senate considered Razdan Duggal’s nomination on Wednesday and confirmed it in a voice vote. The confirmation happened six months after U.S. President Joe Biden submitted her nomination to the Senate.

 

Razdan Duggal is a San Francisco committee member of Human Rights Watch and a former presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, among other things. She also served as national co-chair of a women’s movement that campaigned for Biden before the 2020 presidential election. 

Razdan Duggal is a San Francisco committee member of Human Rights Watch and a former presidential appointee to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, among other things. She also served as national co-chair of a women’s movement that campaigned for Biden before the 2020 presidential election.

 

The former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands – Dutch-American politician Pete Hoekstra – left office in early 2021. He was nominated by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017. 

The former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands – Dutch-American politician Pete Hoekstra – left office in early 2021. He was nominated by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017.

 

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