Phnom Penh (FN), Aug. 2 – The nomination of US Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy have been approved by the U.S Senate on 01 August 2019.

W. Patrick Murphy, of Vermont, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.

As a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, W. Patrick Murphy was nominated to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia on 10 August 2018, replacing outgoing Ambassador William A. Heidt.

W. Patrick Murphy is currently Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
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