(MENAFN- Iraq Business News)
By John Lee.
US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Tracey Ann Jacobson (pictured) as Ambassador to Iraq.
If approved by the Senate, Ms Jacobson will take over the role from Alina L. Romanowski, who has served in the post since June 2022 .
In a statement from The White House, Tracey Jacobson is described as, "a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, most recently served as Charge d'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia."
It continues:
"Over the course of her distinguished career, she has been a U.S. Ambassador on three occasions - to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kosovo, and the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia. In addition to senior leadership roles overseas, Jacobson served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs and as the National Foreign Affairs Training Center's (FSI) Dean of the School of Professional and Area Studies and then as the Deputy Director. At the National Security Council, Jacobson was the Deputy Executive Secretary and Senior Director for Administration.
"Jacobson earned her B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University and her M.A. degree from the School of Advanced International Studies, also at Johns Hopkins. She is the recipient of multiple awards from the State Department, two Presidential Rank Awards, and the Order for Peace, Democracy and Humanism "Ibrahim Rugova" (Kosovo)."
(Source: The White House)
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