Trump nominates Jordanian Nesheiwat as US ambassador for Arctic affairs
The US got its first Arctic ambassador in autumn 2024 when Mike Sfraga, an Arctic expert from Alaska, was approved by the Senate. As a nominee of President Joe Biden, Sfraga stepped down when Donald Trump took office in January 2025.
Now Trump has proposed a candidate for the position, namely Julia Nesheiwat. The nomination will now be considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
At present, Nesheiwat works as Vice President for Policy and Insights at TC Energy, an energy infrastructure company in North America.
She has a background as a Homeland Security Advisor in the first Trump administration and a Commissioner of the US Arctic Research Commission (2020-2021).
Nesheiwat has also worked at the US Department of State for more than ten years on energy policy and hostage affairs. She began her career in the US Army, where she worked with intelligence.
Furthermore, Nesheiwat holds a PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in science and engineering and a master's degree in national security studies from Georgetown University on her CV.
She is married to Mike Waltz, former national security adviser in the Trump administration and now the US ambassador to the UN.
On Friday, moreover, Michael Kavoukjian, lawyer and former CIA officer, was confirmed by the Senate as the new US ambassador to Norway.
The US got its first Arctic ambassador in autumn 2024 when Mike Sfraga, an Arctic expert from Alaska, was approved by the Senate. As a nominee of President Joe Biden, Sfraga stepped down when Donald Trump took office in January 2025.
Now Trump has proposed a candidate for the position, namely Julia Nesheiwat. The nomination will now be considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
At present, Nesheiwat works as Vice President for Policy and Insights at TC Energy, an energy infrastructure company in North America.
She has a background as a Homeland Security Advisor in the first Trump administration and a Commissioner of the US Arctic Research Commission (2020-2021).
Nesheiwat has also worked at the US Department of State for more than ten years on energy policy and hostage affairs. She began her career in the US Army, where she worked with intelligence.
Furthermore, Nesheiwat holds a PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in science and engineering and a master's degree in national security studies from Georgetown University on her CV.
She is married to Mike Waltz, former national security adviser in the Trump administration and now the US ambassador to the UN.
On Friday, moreover, Michael Kavoukjian, lawyer and former CIA officer, was confirmed by the Senate as the new US ambassador to Norway.
The US got its first Arctic ambassador in autumn 2024 when Mike Sfraga, an Arctic expert from Alaska, was approved by the Senate. As a nominee of President Joe Biden, Sfraga stepped down when Donald Trump took office in January 2025.
Now Trump has proposed a candidate for the position, namely Julia Nesheiwat. The nomination will now be considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
At present, Nesheiwat works as Vice President for Policy and Insights at TC Energy, an energy infrastructure company in North America.
She has a background as a Homeland Security Advisor in the first Trump administration and a Commissioner of the US Arctic Research Commission (2020-2021).
Nesheiwat has also worked at the US Department of State for more than ten years on energy policy and hostage affairs. She began her career in the US Army, where she worked with intelligence.
Furthermore, Nesheiwat holds a PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in science and engineering and a master's degree in national security studies from Georgetown University on her CV.
She is married to Mike Waltz, former national security adviser in the Trump administration and now the US ambassador to the UN.
On Friday, moreover, Michael Kavoukjian, lawyer and former CIA officer, was confirmed by the Senate as the new US ambassador to Norway.
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Trump nominates Jordanian Nesheiwat as US ambassador for Arctic affairs
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