The White House has announced the nomination of Eric Meyer, a career diplomat from California, as the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. U.S. President Donald Trump has formally submitted Meyer’s name to the United States Senate for confirmation.
Meyer is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as the Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. In this role, he oversees the bureau and coordinates U.S. policy priorities across the region, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
His most recent assignments include serving as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Mission to Norway and as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, North Macedonia. He also served as U.S. Consul General in Almaty, Kazakhstan, leading interagency operations and representing U.S. interests in southern Kazakhstan—the location of the only U.S. Consulate in Central Asia.
In Washington, Meyer has held roles as Special Assistant and Senior Advisor in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, where he coordinated policy across the region.
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