{"id":211324,"date":"2026-06-02T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=211324"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:23:56","slug":"trump-presents-the-nominations-here-is-who-the-new-american-ambassadors-to-serbia-and-bih-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/trump-presents-the-nominations-here-is-who-the-new-american-ambassadors-to-serbia-and-bih-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP PRESENTS THE NOMINATIONS: Here is who the new American ambassadors to Serbia and BiH will be!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, nominated several candidates for ambassadorial, judicial, and high administrative positions, including the new US ambassador to Serbia, it was published on the official page of the White House.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the nominees is Michael Young from Utah, who has been proposed for Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United States of America to Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Young is a respected American lawyer, a diplomat whom the US President proposed as the new ambassador to Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is an experienced expert in international law and diplomacy who, during his career, held high positions in the State Department and led several major American universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He is not a career diplomat, but a seasoned heavyweight in the legal profession,&#8221; Petar Ivi\u010di\u0107 from the Pupin Initiative told RTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the president of the University of Utah from 2004 to 2011, then the president of the University of Washington, and then also the president of Texas A&amp;M University. By education he is a lawyer, he graduated from Brigham Young University, and earned his doctorate in law at Harvard Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the administration of President George H.W. Bush, he worked in the State Department as a deputy legal advisor, deputy undersecretary for economic and agricultural affairs, and ambassador for trade and environmental affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info-en wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UDP8uVMk0h\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/great-fight-in-the-serbian-derby-of-chicago-dinara-defeated-united-serbs-away-with-4-2-video-photo-gallery\/\">GREAT FIGHT IN THE SERBIAN DERBY OF CHICAGO: Dinara defeated United Serbs away with 4-2! 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and &#8220;Desert Storm&#8221; during the Gulf War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He retired from the military in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/obradovic-received-an-insulting-offer-the-athens-club-is-ready-to-set-aside-10-million-for-the-return-of-the-serbian-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">OBRADOVI\u0106 RECEIVED AN \u201cIMPOSSIBLE\u201d OFFER: The Athens club is ready to set aside 10 million for the return of the Serbian expert!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/parliament-of-montenegro-made-a-decision-the-castle-in-podgorica-returned-to-the-descendants-of-the-petrovic-njegos-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO MADE A DECISION: The castle in Podgorica returned to the descendants of the Petrovi\u0107-Njego\u0161 dynasty!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/voice-of-the-youth-from-kula-it-is-possible-that-the-sns-carried-out-fraud-during-the-vote-counting-an-investigation-has-been-launched-regarding-the-defectors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VOICE OF THE YOUTH FROM KULA: It is possible that the SNS carried out fraud during the vote counting, an investigation has been launched regarding the \u201cdefectors\u201d!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/bez-tebe-nema-ni-nas-proglas-okuplja-dijasporu-u-nemackoj-bjela-kesic-i-manjifiko-u-frankfurtu-minhenu-i-stutgartu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cWITHOUT YOU THERE IS NO US\u201d: ProGlas gathers the diaspora in Germany, Bjela, Kesi\u0107 and Magnifico in Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/as-long-as-i-am-alive-i-will-fight-for-my-children-milica-75-guards-and-takes-care-of-her-two-immobile-sons-in-a-remote-village-near-prijepolje\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cAS LONG AS I AM ALIVE I WILL FIGHT FOR MY CHILDREN\u201d: Milica (75) guards and takes care of her two immobile sons in a remote village near Prijepolje!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.rs\/lat\/vesti\/politika\/5963185\/tramp-majkl-jung-ambasador-sad-srbija.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RTS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraf.rs\/vesti\/svet\/4335942-tramp-nominovao-majkla-janga-za-ambasadora-sad-u-srbiji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Telegraf<\/a>; 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