His Excellency, President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, received the credentials from United States Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu, Ms Marie Damour, this morning at the State House.
Ms Damour was Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; the Director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asian Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Director of the Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs; and the Deputy Chief of Mission, as well as Chargé d’Affaires, at the U.S. Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.
With almost three decades of service, Ms Damour has worked in five different regions of the world and served successfully in various leadership and policy-making roles.
Among her other assignments, Ms Damour was Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, the Chief of Non-Immigrant Visa Services and then Chief of Visa Services at the U.S. Embassy in London, England.