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Morvared Namdarkhan to Be Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs · Congress.wiki

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Morvared Namdarkhan to Be Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

PN345-12

Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), vice Rena Bitter, resigned.

Received: June 16, 2025; June 16, 2025
Authority: December 19, 2025; December 19, 2025
Last Action: December 18, 2025; December 18, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

53

Yea

47

Nay

0

Present

0

Not Voting

Voted on December 17, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

December 19, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (53-43)

On the Nomination

December 17, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 655.

FloorDecember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 12/18/2025.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorDecember 17, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 653.

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Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

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Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 2 meetings

Committees

1 total

Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate

Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brent Christensen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Benjamin Leon, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, and Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine reviewing implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act, and future opportunities for U.S.-Taiwan cooperation.

Committee on Foreign RelationsDirksen Senate Office Building, 419Nov 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Amer Ghalib, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Brent Christensen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Benjamin Leon, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, and Morvared Namdarkhan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular Affairs), all of the Department of State.

Committee on Foreign RelationsDirksen Senate Office Building, 419

Oct 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Morvared Namdarkhan

Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs) · Department of State

Texas