On March 11, President Biden announced its nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Shefali Razdan Duggal has been nominated by President Biden for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Razdan Duggal is a former political activist, women's rights advocate, and human rights campaigner who immigrated to the U.S. from Kashmir, India. She previously served on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council as a Presidential Appointee and continues to serve as a Western Regional Advisor. She is a member of Human Rights Watch's San Francisco Committee, the Wake Forest University Leadership and Character Council, and served on Emily's List's National Board of Directors. She has received numerous civic honors, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Western Regional Leadership Award, recognition as a Community Hero by the California State Assembly, and recognition as one of the Most Powerful Women in California by the National Diversity Council. She served as National Co-Chair of Women for Biden and as the Democratic National Committee's Deputy National Finance Chair.
The U.S. Senate will now have to review and confirm the nomination. AmCham is pleased that this important nomination has been announced and hopes to soon welcome the new U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands.
