The Trump administration is recalling dozens of ambassadors from posts around the world, The Post has confirmed.
The removal of 48 envoys from positions in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central and South America follows an initial mass firing of appointees of former President Joe Biden in the early months of President Trump’s second term.
“This is a standard process in any administration,” a senior State Department official told The Post Monday. “An ambassador is a personal representative of the president, and it is the president’s right to ensure that he has individuals in these countries who advance the America First agenda.”
The latest recalls, first reported by Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, would leave the US without envoys in key global hotspots — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia and South Sudan in Africa; Armenia, Lithuania, North Macedonia and Slovakia in Europe; as well as Yemen in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the administration has yet to nominate permanent ambassadors to key allies and partners, including Australia, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Ukraine.
The Associated Press reported late Sunday that chiefs of mission in more than two dozen countries were told last week that their terms would be up in January.
Those affected by the shake-up are not losing their foreign service jobs but will be offered other assignments upon their return to DC, two department officials told the outlet.
Africa is the continent most affected by the removals, with ambassadors to 25 countries as well as the African Union being told to go home.
Second is Asia, with ambassadorial changes coming to 11 countries: Brunei, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
With Post wires
