In an interesting update for Nepal, newly-appointed Ambassador Berry presented credentials to Nepal President Bidya Dev Bhandari at her office, Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu<\/a> on October 25, 2018.<\/p>\n Randy Berry has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to Nepal on October 5, 2018. The American Ambassador has worked with Nepal<\/a> in the past. He served as the US Embassy\u2019s Deputy Chief of Mission in Nepal between 2007-2009.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI am very happy to be back in Nepal in a new role. I look forward to further strengthening the Nepal-America friendship and I hope our diplomatic engagements will promote continued partnership and cooperation between our two countries,\u201d said Berry<\/span> in a statement issued by US Embassy on October 25, 2018.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n About Randy Berry He has been representing US as a diplomat for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n <\/a> The new US Ambassador will be replacing ex-US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B Teplitz, who will now serve in Sri Lanka. She served Nepal as US Ambassador from March 26, 2015 to present.<\/p>\n NS congratulates Berry on his appointment and wishes him luck for his new role as US Ambassador to Nepal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an interesting update for Nepal, newly-appointed Ambassador Berry presented credentials to Nepal President Bidya Dev Bhandari…<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Berry has been serving the US as a diplomat since 1993. He is a career diplomat and a member of the Senior Foreign Service as Minister-Counselor.<\/p>\n
\nPrior to his posting as US Ambassador to Nepal, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights<\/a> & Labor in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n