Shefali Razdan Duggal, an Indian-American, was sworn in as America’s new ambassador to the Netherlands on Friday by US Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I had the privilege of swearing in Shefali Razdan Duggal to be our next Ambassador to the Netherlands. We wish you well in this new role and thank you for your leadership,” Harris tweeted.

The US Senate had confirmed political activist and Indian-American Shefali Razdan Duggal to serve as the next representative to the Netherlands.

The White House announced on March 11 that “Shefali Razdan Duggal, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.”

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Duggal is of Kashmiri origin. She received her bachelor’s degree from Miami University and her master’s degree from New York University.

She held positions as a deputy national finance chair at the Democratic National Committee, national co-chair of Women for Biden, and member of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign’s national finance committee.

She was a part of the Rules Committee at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the Credentials Committee at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and the Vice-Chair of the Credentials Standing Committee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention due to her political activism, according to the official statement.

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Biden declared his intention to appoint Indian-born diplomat Puneet Talwar as the United States’ ambassador to Morocco in March. From 2014 to November 2015, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.

As Barack Obama’s top Middle East advisor Talwar was instrumental in the backchannel negotiations that led to the Iran nuclear agreement. He spent twelve years as the chief advisor to then-Senator Joe Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before joining the White House.

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In April, Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen, an Indian-American diplomat, was proposed by Biden as his representative to Mali. Korhonen started her career as a software developer for IBM. She worked as a technical consultant for AT&T from 1993 to 1999.

She has also had sales positions with Infosys, the Telia Company, and the Zed Group. Having entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 2004, Korhonen has worked in Dharan, Colombo, and Washington, D.C. Additionally, Korhonen worked for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs. She also served as the undersecretary of state for management’s advisor.