Editing Michelle Kwan (section)

====United States ambassador to Belize====
[[File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Ambassador Kwan (52488375156).jpg|thumb|Kwan with US Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] in 2022]]
On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that he intended to nominate Kwan to be [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Belize|United States ambassador to Belize]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-announces-key-diplomatic-and-agency-nominees/|title=President Biden Announces Key Diplomatic and Agency Nominees|date=December 15, 2021|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218222051/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-announces-key-diplomatic-and-agency-nominees/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was formally nominated on January 7, 2022.<ref name=PN1662>Presidential nomination no. [https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1662 1662] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110201808/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1662 |date=January 10, 2022 }}, ''Michelle Kwan, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.'', 117th Congress, January 7, 2022. Accessed January 10, 2022.</ref> Hearings on her nomination were held before the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] on May 18, 2022. Her nomination was reported favorably by the committee on June 9, 2022.<ref name="PN1662" /> She was confirmed by the Senate with a voice vote on September 29, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LeBlanc |first=Paul |date=2022-09-30 |title=Senate confirms Michelle Kwan as US ambassador to Belize |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/politics/michelle-kwan-us-belize-ambassador/index.html |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930052444/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/politics/michelle-kwan-us-belize-ambassador/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She received her appointment on October 7<ref>{{cite news |title=Appointments &#124; 2022 |url=https://statemag.state.gov/2022/12/appointments-2022/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |work=State Magazine |agency=U.S. Department of State |date=December 2022 |quote=Michelle Kwan, of California, was appointed to serve as the new U.S. Ambassador to Belize, Oct. 7. |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204211731/https://statemag.state.gov/2022/12/appointments-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was sworn in on October 10, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-10-31-Ambassador-Assignments-Overseas-Report.pdf |publisher=U.S. Department of State Office of Presidential Appointments |access-date=December 4, 2022 |page=3 |date=October 31, 2022 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205035813/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-10-31-Ambassador-Assignments-Overseas-Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> She presented her credentials to [[Governor-General of Belize]] Dame [[Froyla Tzalam]] on December 5, 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=USMissionBelize |author=U.S. Embassy Belize |number=1599871582280687618 |title=U.S. Ambassador Michelle Kwan today presented her Letters of Credence to Governor General of Belize HE Dame Froyla Tzalam and reaffirmed U.S. commitment to strengthening the 41-year U.S.-Belize alliance to foster a secure, democratic, and prosperous Belizean society. 🇺🇸🇧🇿 |access-date=2022-12-05}}</ref> She is the first Asian American woman to hold the position.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Head Turners: Olympian Michelle Kwan Pivots to Public Service |url=https://www.shondaland.com/live/money/a43868845/head-turners-olympian-michelle-kwan-pivots-to-public-service/}}</ref> She served in that position through the Biden administration, leaving in January 2025.<ref name=BelizeEmbassyVideo2025-01-17>{{cite video |author=U.S. Embassy Belize |date=January 17, 2025 |title=We're feeling nostalgic as we reflect on Ambassador Michelle Kwan's tenure in Belize. Thank you, Ambassador, for your leadership and dedication to strengthening the U.S.-Belize partnership. We accomplished so much! |url=https://www.facebook.com/USMissionBelize/videos/479783668191445/ |publisher=U.S. Department of State |website=Facebook |access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref>