China specialist David Milley is going to be the successor of Peter Haas in Dhaka
China expert David Slayton Milley is set to be appointed as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh.
The White House announced the appointment on Thursday (May 9) night.
Biden's decision to nominate David Milley as US ambassador to Bangladesh will now go to the US Congress. There will be a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Congress will decide on the approval of the nomination based on the recommendations of that committee.
If the nomination is approved, David Milley will succeed Peter Haas as US Ambassador to Bangladesh.
According to the White House, David Slayton Milley is the senior official in the US Foreign Service at the rank of Minister-Counselor. He also currently serves as the Interim Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Beijing, China.
Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy in the US State Department's Bureau of Economic and Trade Affairs. David Milley was director of the Bureau of Sanctions Policy and Implementation.
He was Associate Dean of the School of Leadership and Management at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, District of Columbia, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Economic Counselor at the US Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Deputy Director of the Office of Monetary Affairs at the Bureau of Economic Affairs.