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Amer Ghalib to Be U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait · Congress.wiki

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Amer Ghalib to Be U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait

PN55-20

Amer Ghalib, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Kuwait.

1Nominees

3Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Committees

Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate

Timeline

Received10 months ago (March 24, 2025)

Authority1 month ago (January 3, 2026)

Last ActionJanuary 3, 2026

Action History

FloorJanuary 3, 2026

Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

CommitteeOctober 23, 2025

Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

IntroReferralMarch 24, 2025

Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN55-20 has 49 parts total.

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Committee Meetings

1 meeting related to this nomination

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, 419Oct 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Amer Ghalib

Ambassador to the State of Kuwait · Department of State

Michigan