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Leah Francis Campos confirmed as US Ambassador in the Dominican Republic / El Día

Shortly after the completion of the Dominican Week, with intense lobbying efforts on behalf of business people and government officials in Washington DC and New York, on 7 October 2025, the United States National Congress voted to confirm the Trump administration choice for US ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Leah Francis Campos. The last US ambassador in the Dominican Republic was businesswoman Robin Bernstein, appointed by the first Trump administration and who completed her four-year term in January 2021 with the start of the Biden administration.

Leah Francis Campos was one of the first picks for ambassador announced by the US Presidency. She previously served as a CIA case officer and then a senior adviser for the Western Hemisphere for the House Foreign Affairs Committee...