“I am deeply grateful to President Trump and the US Senate for the confidence they have shown me. It is an honor of my life to serve as the first female ambassador of the United States in Greece, “Kimberly Gilfail wrote in her post a few minutes after ratified by the Senate Its appointment.

Gilfil is expected to arrive in Athens in mid -October, after signing her appointment and swearing -in.

Gilfoil was among the 48 candidates who were voted after changing the rules of the Senate by the Republicans, so that a simple majority was sufficient instead of 60 votes, accelerating the approval of government appointments.

According to the original design, Gilfile should have been in our country normally. However, the Democrats’ discontent to vote in favor of the “big and beautiful bill”, as President Trump called it, led them to the decision not to support the process of appointments, resulting in delays.

“If the Senate had continued at the pace we went through throughout July, there would still be hundreds of empty offices on the last day of President Trump’s term in 2029,” Republican majority leader John Thun said on Thursday.