Douglas Emhoff is the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris
MANILA, Philippines – US President Joe Biden introduced Sunday, June 26, that Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff would head the American presidential delegation attending the inauguration of president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
Marcos will take his oath because the seventeenth president of the Philippines on the Nationwide Museum on June 30.
Emhoff is the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris and first Second Gentleman in US historical past.
In his first yr within the place, Ermhoff has made two diplomatic visits to France and South Korea. He additionally led the presidential delegation on the inauguration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Apart from Ermhoff, the seven-member US delegation to attend the June 30 occasion are:
Heather Variava, Chargé d’Affaires, advert interim, US Embassy ManilaBobby Scott, chairman of the committee on training and labor, US Consultant of Virginia Nani A. Coloretti, deputy director, US Workplace of Administration and BudgetAdmiral James “Sandy” A. Winnefeld, Jr., former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers (Retired) Edgard D. Kagan, particular assistant to the president and senior director for East Asia and Oceania, Nationwide Safety Council Chantale Y. Wong, US director of the Asian Growth Financial institution
Congressman Scott is Filipino-American, making him the primary American with Filipino ancestry to function a voting member of the US Congress.
Throughout President Duterte’s inauguration in 2016, former President Donald Trump despatched a delegation of congressmen and senators, headed by then Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg.
Members of the delegation then included: Senator Brian Schatz, Senator Christopher Murphy, Congressman Ted Deutch, Congresswoman Donna Edwards, and Congressman John Garamendi. – MR
