Today, President Obama made several appointments. One of them is Peter Bodde as US Ambassador to Nepal. Bodde, pictured on the right below (when he was posted in Malawi) was Minister Counselor for Administrative Affairs in New Delhi some years ago.
Here is his bio from the White House website:
Ambassador Peter W. Bodde, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is currently the Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition in Iraq and Coordinator for Minority Issues at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Previously, Ambassador Bodde served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi from 2008 to 2010. From 2006 to 2008, he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. From 2002 to 2006, he was Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany. Ambassador Bodde joined the Foreign Service in 1981, and has served in Georgetown, Guyana; Kathmandu, Nepal; Hamburg, Germany; Sofia, Bulgaria; Copenhagen, Denmark; and New Delhi, India where he was the Minister Counselor for Administrative Affairs. He has also served in various State Department positions in Washington, most recently as the Director of the Office of Management Policy. He received his B.A. from the University of Maryland.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
