Manila, Oct. 9 -- United States President Donald Trump has named Lee Lipton, the Interim Permanent Representative to the US Mission to the Organization of American States, as the next US Ambassador to the Philippines.

The White House, in an announcement on Oct. 8, said the nomination has been formally sent to the US Senate.

In his current role, Lipton manages interagency coordination to advance US foreign policy priorities in the Western Hemisphere.

According to his US Department of State profile, he also supports US engagement on a range of regional challenges, including "efforts to counter malign influence-particularly from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-within the Inter-American System."

Lipton, who hails from Florida, brings ov...