DeLisi will replace current Ambassador Jerry P. Lanier after the changes are by the US Senate.

DeLisi wrote in his Facebook status that he had got a White House notification about his new posting to Uganda.

By the time of filing this story, there was no official communication from the US Department of state on the new posting of Scott H. DeLisi, or where Jerry P. Lanier will be posted after his replacement.

DeLisi, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and, was appointed US ambassador to Nepal in March 2010.

Prior to his assignment in Nepal, Ambassador DeLisi was the Director of Career Development and Assignments in the State Department’s Bureau of Human Resources.

During his 30 year career in the Foreign Service, DeLisi has served as Ambassador to the State of Eritrea and as deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana.

He also served as director for Entry Level Programs in the Bureau of Human Resources, Director for Southern African Affairs, and Chief of the Political Section in Sri Lanka.

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Amb. Escure replaces Mr. Jacques Champagne de Labriolle whose tour of duty as France’s Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania ended late last year.

In a letter dated 21 November 2011, France’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Mr. Alain Juppe states that H.E. Mr. Marcel Escure’s mission to the EAC will further strengthen the ties between France and the East African Community.

“France wishes to support the integration process that your Community has started as well as the rapprochement initiated with the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa,” noted the French Foreign Minister.

The EAC Secretary General Amb. Sezibera hailed the cordial relations that exist between France and the EAC Partner States, and briefed the French envoy on the critical activities that will dominate the integration agenda in the next five years which include consolidation of the EAC Customs Union and establishing a single customs territory; implementation of the provisions of the Common Market Protocol and; conclusion of the Protocol for the Establishment of the East African Monetary Union.

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