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Leo Brent Bozell, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa · Congress.wiki

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Leo Brent Bozell, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa

PN55-10

Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Africa.

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Committees

Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)

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Voted on December 17, 2025

Timeline

Received10 months ago (March 24, 2025)

Authority1 month ago (December 19, 2025)

Last ActionDecember 18, 2025

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.

Nominees

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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Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN55-10 has 49 parts total.

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Leo Brent Bozell

Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa · Department of State

Virginia