Miller chosen as next US envoy in Dhaka
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
US president Donald Trump has chosen Earl Robert Miller as the countrys next ambassador to Bangladesh.
Miller, subject to confirmation of the US Senate-- the upper house of the Congress, will replace Marcia Bernicat, who has been the US ambassador in Dhaka since Feb, 2015.
The US president announced his intent to nominate Miller as the envoy to Bangladesh on Tuesday, according to a press release posted on the website of the White House.
Ambassador Miller, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has been serving as an American diplomat since 1987.
Since 2014, he has served as Ambassador at the US Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana. He also served as Consul General in Johannesburg, South Africa from 2011 to 2014.
He also was the regional security officer at embassies in New Delhi from 2008 to 2011, Baghdad from 2007 to 2008, and Jakarta from 2004 to 2007.
Miller served in senior leadership positions at 6 US missions overseas and in the US Department of States Diplomatic Security Service.
He served as an officer in the US Marine Corps from 1981 to 1984 and the US Marine Corps Reserve from 1985 to 1992.
Miller earned a BA at the University of Michigan and graduated from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College.
He received awards including the State Department Award for Heroism, FBI Shield of Bravery, and Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Bravery Award. His military awards include Navy Commendation Medal with V (Valor) Device, Navy Achievement Medal, and Combat Action Ribbon.
He speaks French, Spanish, and Indonesian.
