Biographies: Chiefs of Mission

During a change in administration, some Chiefs of Mission and other Senior State Department principals stay on in their current positions while others resign or are reassigned. The below listing is for Chiefs of Mission to countries within the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Also see Nominees for information on officials still pending confirmation.  

Baker, Howard H. ; Ambassador, Japan
Boyce, Ralph L. "Skip"; Ambassador, Republic of Indonesia
Christy, Gene B.; Ambassador, Brunei Darussalam
Fitts, Robert Wendell; Ambassador, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, & Vanuatu
Hale, Suzanne K.; Ambassador, Federated States of Micronesia
Haslach, Patricia M.; Ambassador, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Hubbard, Thomas C.; Ambassador, Republic of Korea
Johnson, Darryl N.; Ambassador, Kingdom of Thailand
Keith, James; Consul General, Hong Kong
Lavin, Frank L.; Ambassador, The Republic of Singapore
Lyon, David Laurence; Ambassador, Fiji, Nauru, Tonga, Kiribati, and Tuvalu
Marine, Michael W.; Ambassador, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Martinez, Carmen M.; Charge d'Affaires, Union of Burma
Randt, Clark T., Jr.; Ambassador, People's Republic of China
Ray, Charles A.; Ambassador, Cambodia
Ricciardone, Francis J.; Ambassador, Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau
Schieffer, John Thomas (Tom) ; Ambassador, Australia
Slutz, Pamela J.; Ambassador, Mongolia
Swindells, Charles S.; Ambassador, New Zealand