The White House has picked a former Republican congressman to be the next US ambassador to Australia. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe White House has picked a former Republican congressman to be the next US ambassador to Australia. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesTrump picks former Republican congressman to be ambassador to Australia after 17-month vacancyDavid Brat represented Virginia in the House of Representatives for two terms
The White House has nominated David Brat, a former Republican member of the US House of Representatives, to be the next ambassador to Australia.
Brat represented Virginia in Congress and served two terms before he was defeated by a Democrat in 2018 in a close race. He is currently a vice-president of business relations at Virginia’s Liberty University.
In the US, ambassadors must be confirmed by the Senate.
The post has been vacant for a year and a half after former ambassador Caroline Kennedy left the post in November 2024.
