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Robert Sweeney to Be U.S. Director of the Asian Development Bank

PN730-62

Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Chantale Yokmin Wong, resigned.

Received: January 13, 2026; January 13, 2026
Authority: March 11, 2026; March 11, 2026
Last Action: March 11, 2026; March 11, 2026

1Nominees

5Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Action History

CalendarsMarch 11, 2026

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 683. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

CommitteeMarch 11, 2026

Reported by Senator Risch, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.

CommitteeMarch 11, 2026

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported favorably.

CommitteeFebruary 12, 2026

Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

IntroReferralJanuary 13, 2026

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

civilianPENDING

Robert Sweeney to Be U.S. Director of the Asian Development Bank

PN730-62

Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Chantale Yokmin Wong, resigned.

Received: January 13, 2026; January 13, 2026
Authority: March 11, 2026; March 11, 2026
Last Action: March 11, 2026; March 11, 2026

1Nominees

5Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 2 meetings

Committees

1 total

Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate

Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Senate

Meeting

Scheduled

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, and Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State.

Committee on Foreign RelationsCapitol (Senate side), 116Mar 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Jeremy Carl, of Montana, to be an Assistant Secretary (International Organizations), and William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, all of the Department of State, and Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.

Committee on Foreign RelationsDirksen Senate Office Building, 419

Action History

CalendarsMarch 11, 2026

Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 683. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

CommitteeMarch 11, 2026

Reported by Senator Risch, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.

CommitteeMarch 11, 2026

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported favorably.

CommitteeFebruary 12, 2026

Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

IntroReferralJanuary 13, 2026

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

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN730-62 has 68 parts total.

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