The United States has nominated Dan W Mozena as next ambassador to Bangladesh, according to a White House announcement.
Earlier, Mozena was political and economic counsellor in Dhaka from 1998-2001.
He will succeed incumbent Ambassador James F Moriarty, who completed his three-year tenure in Bangladesh. Moriarty was confirmed as US Ambassador to Bangladesh by the Senate on March 13, 2008 and sworn in on March 26, 2008.
Moriarty is expected to leave Dhaka sometime in June, sources said.
President Obama on May 13 announced a number of appointments to key administrative posts including Dan W Mozena.
The nomination will now be sent to the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate for hearing, which will give final conformation after his testimony.
Mozena is currently a professor at the National War College.
From 2007-2010, Mozena served as the US ambassador to Angola. A career member of the senior foreign service, Mozena served as director for the Office of Southern African Affairs from 2004 to 2007.
Mozena was deputy chief of mission in Lusaka, Zambia, where he began his foreign service career in 1982.
At US embassy in Islamabad, Mozena held the position of deputy political counsellor from 1995-1998.
Other overseas assignments have included New Delhi, India and then Zaire, where he and his wife had earlier served as Peace Corps Volunteers. Mozena received a BS from Iowa State University, and a MA and MPA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Courtesy of The Daily Star
