Joe Biden appoints Jack Markell, former governor of Delaware, ambassador to Italy. Markell is currently the US representative to the OECD.
If confirmed by the Senate, the diplomatic headquarters in Rome will thus have an ambassador again after more than two years. Lewis Eisenberg, appointed by Donald Trump, completed his term on January 17, 2021 and since then the United States has been represented by chargé d'affaires Shawn Crowley. The White House announced Markell's appointment on Monday.