US President Barack Obama elected Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir as the new US Ambassador to Malaysia
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Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir was on 17 June 2016 nominated as the next American Ambassador to Malaysia by US President Barack Obama.
She will replace Joseph Y Yun, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.
About Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir
• Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir served as the Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2011 to 2015.
• She served as the US Consul General in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom from 2009 to 2011.
• She previously worked in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs as the Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia from 2007 to 2009.
• From 2001 to 2005, Lakhdhir was a Political Officer at the US Embassy in Beijing, China.
• From 1998 to 2000, Lakhdhir was Deputy Coordinator of the Taiwan Coordination Staff in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
• Since joining the Foreign Service in 1991, Lakhdhir served as a Political Officer in Indonesia and as a Consular Officer in Saudi Arabia.
• She received a BA from Harvard College and an MS from the National War College.
