Obama Nominates James Warlick as New US Ambassador to Bulgaria

Politics » DIPLOMACY | October 2, 2009, Friday // 17:12
Bulgaria: Obama Nominates James Warlick as New US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick has formally been nominated as the new US Ambassador to Bulgaria. Photo by state.gov

American President Barack Obama has officially nominated senior Foreign Service officer James Warlick to be the new US Ambassador to Bulgaria.

The news has been released by the US Embassy in Sofia Friday night. Warlick’s nomination has already been sent to the Senate for confirmation.

"I am grateful that these two outstanding individuals will be joining my administration by serving in these important roles. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead," President Obama said regarding Warlick’s nomination as Ambassador to Bulgaria, and the nomination of Susan Carbon as Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.

James Warlick is currently serving as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department Bureau of International Organization Affairs.

Warlick has also served as Principal Advisor to Ambassador Paul Bremer in January-July 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq and as Consul General at the US Embassy in Moscow.

A few days earlier US President Barack Obama announced his intention to appoint James Warlick's wife, US diplomat Mary Warlick, as Ambassador to Serbia.

James Warlick will replace former US Ambassador in Sofia Nancy McEldowney, who terminated her stay in Bulgaria in advance and returned to Washington to assume the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the State Department.

James Warlick began as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) in April 2006, with responsibility for all aspects of US foreign policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations.

Immediately before this assignment, James Warlick was Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union, including NATO, OSCE, and related arms control and nonproliferation policy issues (2005-2006).

While Director of the United Nations Political Affairs in IO during 2003-2005, Warlick also served as Principal Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer during January 2004 to July 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Other assignments have included: Consul General, US Embassy, Moscow; Director, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the European Affairs Bureau; Acting Minister-Counselor/ Deputy Counselor for Political Affairs, US Embassy, Germany; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State; Operations Center Watch Officer; Consular Officer, Philippines; and Political Officer, Bangladesh.

Prior to his State Department service, Warlick served as Deputy Representative of the Asia Foundation in Washington, DC and the Philippines; and he was a Foreign Affairs analyst in the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.

Warlick is a graduate of Stanford University (1977), holds a Master of Letters in Politics from Wadham College (1979), Oxford University, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (1980) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

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