Scot Marciel

Scot Marciel
United States Ambassador to Myanmar
Assumed office
April 27, 2016
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Derek Mitchell
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
In office
September 21, 2010  July 18, 2013
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Cameron Hume
Succeeded by Robert Blake
United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
In office
May 8, 2008  September 21, 2010
President George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by David Carden
Personal details
Born 1958 (age 5758)
Alma mater University of California, Davis
Tufts University

Scot A. Marciel is an American diplomat and served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs until February 2016. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the United States Ambassador to Burma on January 28, 2016.[1] He was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from August 2010[2] until July 2013. Marciel has worked for the United States Department of State since 1985. He has served in various capacities abroad and in particular was the United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prior to his nomination in Indonesia.[2] He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.[2][3]

Diplomatic career

Ambassador Marciel previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Bureau, responsible for relations with Southeast Asia, and as Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs.

Mr. Marciel, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, joined the State Department in 1985. His assignments included Director of the Department’s Office of Maritime Southeast Asia, Director of the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia, and Director of the Office of Southeastern Europe.

Mr. Marciel also has served in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Brazil and Turkey, as well as in the Economic Bureau’s Office of Monetary Affairs.

Mr. Marciel grew up in Fremont, California. [3]

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Diplomatic posts
New office United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2008–2010
Succeeded by
David Carden
Preceded by
Cameron Hume
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
2010–2013
Succeeded by
Robert Blake
Preceded by
Derek Mitchell
United States Ambassador to Myanmar
2016–present
Incumbent
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