Obama names Armenia envoy nominee
WASHINGTON D.C. – President Barack Obama has nominated John Heffern for the post of US ambassador to Armenia, the White House press office said.
Incumbent ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s tenure expires in June.
Heffern is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as the deputy chief of the US mission at NATO, Brussels. Prior to his current post, Heffern served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia. Heffern’s career has also included overseas assignments to Japan, Malaysia, Ivory Coast and Guangzhou, China. From 1994-1996, Heffern served as a Pearson Fellow on the Asia Sub-Committee for the House International Relations Committee.
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