Consulate General Belfast
Consul General in Belfast
The Consul General in Belfast is Kamala S. Lakhdhir.
Ms. Lakhdhir joined the Foreign Service in 1991, serving first at the U.S. Embassy
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1992-1994), and then at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia
(1994-1996). Returning to Washington, Ms. Lakhdhir was assigned to
the Secretary of State’s Secretariat, advancing the Secretary’s foreign
and domestic travel.
From 1998 through 2000, she was the deputy director
of the Department’s Taiwan Coordination Staff, the office that oversees the
U.S. unofficial relationship with Taiwan. During a one year Pearson
Fellowship, Ms. Lakhdhir worked for Congressman Doug Bereuter (R-NE) on the staff
of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the House Subcommittee on International Monetary
Policy and Trade.
From 2001-2005, she served in the U.S. Embassy in
Beijing, and then was special assistant to Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill (2005-2006). From 2007-2009, Ms.
Lakhdhir was the director of the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia in the State
Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, which covers the Philippines,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and Timor-Leste.
Ms. Lakhdhir graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College
in 1986. She received a Master’s degree from the National War College
in 2007. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in Brooklyn and Connecticut. |
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