Ana A. Escrogima
{{Short description|American diplomat}}
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Ana A. Escrogima is an American diplomat who has served as the US ambassador to Oman since 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-07 |title=Biden administration appoints Ana Escrogima as new Oman envoy |url=https://www.muscatdaily.com/2023/01/07/biden-administration-appoints-ana-escrogima-as-new-oman-envoy/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Muscat Daily |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2023 |title=Ambassador Ana A. Escrogima |url=https://om.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/ambassador-ana-a-escrogima/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=U.S. Embassy in Oman}}
Early life and education
Escrogima earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from Brown University, graduating in 2001.{{Cite web |title=00-131 (Senior Orators) |url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2000-01/00-131.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.brown.edu}} At her graduation, Escrogima served as one of two senior orators, delivering a speech entitled "The Enriquillo Dilemma as an Approach to Leadership."{{Cite web |title=Brown University Commencement {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?164609-1/brown-university-commencement |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www.c-span.org}}{{Cite web |title=00-131E (Ana Escrogima) |url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2000-01/00-131E.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www.brown.edu}}
Escrogima was a 1999 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-11 |title=Fellow Directory {{!}} Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program |url=https://pickeringfellowship.org/resources/fellow-directory/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=pickeringfellowship.org |language=en-US}} She earned a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She also received an International Studies Certificate from l'Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, France.{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-35/ |website=The White House |access-date=4 January 2023 |date=3 January 2023}}
Career
Escrogima is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Counselor. She currently serves as Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, Canada. Escrogima was previously the Director of the Regional and Multilateral Affairs Office in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the United States Department of State. She also served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Yemen Affairs Unit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as well as the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria, and as the Deputy Director for Syria, in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau. Escrogima has also served at the State Department as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, as Deputy Director of the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau in the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, and as the Arabic Language Spokesperson at the Arabic Regional Media Hub in Dubai, UAE.
=United States ambassador to Oman=
On January 3, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Escrogima to serve as the next ambassador to Oman. Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 16, 2023. The committee favorably reported the nomination on June 1, 2023. Her nomination was confirmed the full United States Senate via voice vote on October 17, 2023.{{cite web |title=PN48 — Ana A. Escrogima — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/48 |website=US Congress |date=17 October 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023}} She was sworn into office on November 13, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Ambassador Ana A. Escrogima |url=https://om.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/ambassador-ana-a-escrogima/ |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=U.S. Embassy in Oman |language=en-US}} She arrived in Oman on November 29, 2023.{{Cite tweet |number=1729736278227189906 |user=USEmbMuscat |title=The Embassy proudly welcomes new Ambassador of the United States to the Sultanate of Oman Ana Escrogima, who arrived in Muscat last night! |date=November 29, 2023 |access-date=December 2, 2023}} She presented her credentials to Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on December 4, 2023.{{Cite tweet |number=1731661071595831410 |user=badralbusaidi |title=Pleased to receive copies of credentials today of newly appointed US Ambassador to #Oman - Ana Escrogima. My best wishes to her for a fruitful and successful tenure. |author-link=Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi |date=December 4, 2023 |access-date=December 4, 2023}}
Personal life
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