Trump names Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India

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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had named Sergio Gor to be the next U.S. ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs.

Gor, who is currently the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, will remain in that position until his confirmation, Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones)