Biden to nominate an Erbil-born diplomat as next US ambassador to Egypt

Shafaq News/ US President Joe Biden intends to nominate Herro Mustafa Garg as the next ambassador to Egypt, the White House announced on Wednesday.

Mustafa Garg, a career diplomat, served as the US ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to this month.

She has previous experience in Portugal, India, Iraq, Lebanon, and Greece. Mustafa Garg speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Bulgarian, and Portuguese.

She is the recipient of the Matilda W. Sinclaire Award for superior achievement in a foreign language.

Her family story is the subject of the documentary film, American Herro, and in 2021 she was honored by the Carnegie Corporation as one of the Great Immigrants of America. She has a Bachelor's from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Master’s from Princeton University.

Egypt, Kuwait, and the UAE are vital ambassadorial posts that remain vacant. The latter two have seen Biden nominate candidates but are awaiting Senate confirmation.

There had been no envoy to Saudi Arabia since January 2021 until Michael Ratney was confirmed earlier this month.