Who is Michael Young, Trump's nominee for US ambassador to Serbia: Experienced, Harvard educated diplomat

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US President Donald Trump has nominated several candidates for ambassadorial, judicial and high administrative positions, including the new US ambassador to Serbia, it was announced on the official White House website. Among the nominees is Michael Young from Utah, who will, if confirmed, become the next US ambassador in Belgrade.

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Michael Young is an American lawyer and diplomat. He is an experienced expert in international law and diplomacy who during his career held high positions in the State Department, and was at the helm of several major US universities.

He was president of the University of Utah from 2004 to 2011, president of the University of Washington, and then president of Texas A&M. Michael Young is a lawyer by education, a graduate of Brigham Young University, who received his doctorate from Harvard Law School.

He served at the State Department as deputy legal counsel, deputy undersecretary for economic and agricultural affairs, and ambassador for trade and environmental affairs during the George W. Bush administration.

Young also participated in the negotiations on the unification of Germany, on the NAFTA agreement, as well as the negotiations that led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization.

Michael Young served as chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, indicating significant experience in the field of foreign policy and international relations.

(Telegraf.rs)