According to a press statement issued by the US Embassy in Kathmandu on Saturday, upon confirmation by the Senate, Bodde will succeed the current US envoy to Nepal Scott H. DeLisi, who is himself awaiting Senate confirmation as the next US ambassador to the Republic of Uganda. [break]
DeLisi was nominated as the US envoy to the East African nation Uganda in January end -- months before the expiry of his three-year term. Until the confirmation from US Senate, DeLisi will continue to serve as the ambassador to Nepal.
Bodde, who joined the US Foreign Service in 1981, has served in Kathmandu twice, most recently as the deputy chief of mission from 1994 to 1997. A fluent speaker of three foreign languages, including Nepali, German and Bulgarian, he also served as an attache´ from 1982 to 1984 in Kathmandu.
The statement said Bodde has served as Minister Counselor for Administrative Affairs in various countries including in India and as Consul General in Frankfurt, Germany, from September 2002 to February 2006.
Bodde was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to Malawi on September 3, 2008. Prior to that, he served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad from February 2006 to August 2008.
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