DHAKA: Newly appointed US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, who will replace current US ambassador Dan W Mozena, is set to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday.

Diplomatic sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday.

On May 22 of 2014, US President Barack Obama announced to nominate some individuals including Marcia S. Bernicat to key his Administration posts.

On November 18 of 2014, the Foreign Relations Committee of US Senate on Tuesday finalized the appointment of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as the new US Ambassador to Dhaka after her taking part in a hearing of Foreign Relations Committee of US Senate.

Ambassador Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, a career member of the Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, was previously Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau from 2008 to 2011.

She also served in the Department of State as Office Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs from 2006 to 2008. 

From 2004 to 2006, she was the Senior-Level Director and Career Development Officer in the Bureau of Human Resources at the State Department. 

Ambassador Bernicat also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados from 2001 to 2004, and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi from 1998 to 2001. 

She was Principal Officer at the US Consulate in Casablanca, Morocco from 1995 to 1998, Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India from 1992 to 1995, and Desk Officer for Nepal and India in the Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs from 1988 to 1990.

 Earlier in her career, she was Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead, Consular Officer in Marseille, France, and Political/Consular Officer at the US Embassy in Bamako, Mali.  Ambassador Bernicat received a BA from Lafayette College and an MS from Georgetown University.

BDST: 2030 HRS, JAN 24, 2015