Manuel Micaller Jr. may replace John Mark Pommerheim. Photo: InternetJoe Biden and Manuel Micaller On June 22, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that John Mark Pommerheim Manuel Micaller will replace John Mark Pommerheim, the current U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Pommerheim was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of […]
Manuel Micaller Jr. may replace John Mark Pommerheim.
Photo: InternetOn June 22, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that Manuel Micaller will replace John Mark Pommerheim, the current U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan. Pommerheim was appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan on January 9, 2019. Biography:
Manuel P. Micaller Jr. is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service at the rank of Minister-Counselor. He is currently the Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.
From 2016 to 2019, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the Office of Indian Affairs.
He has experience working in Tajikistan, having served as Chief of the Political-Economic Section and then as Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Additionally, he has worked in Morocco, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
Micaller holds a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from George Washington University, and is an honorary graduate of the National War College with a master’s degree in national security strategy. He is fluent in Russian and Tajik.
Micaller also served as Deputy Director of the India Office in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the State Department in Washington. He also held the position of Chief of the Political-Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe.
