Ted Osius | |
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| President & CEO ofUS-ASEAN Business Council | |
| Assumed office August 23, 2021[1] | |
| Preceded by | Alexander C. Feldman |
| United States Ambassador to Vietnam | |
| In office December 16, 2014 – November 4, 2017[2] | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Susan B. Sutton |
| Preceded by | David B. Shear |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Kritenbrink |
| Deputy chief of mission at theEmbassy of the United States, Jakarta | |
| In office 2009–2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Succeeded by | Heather Variava |
| Political Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the United States, New Delhi | |
| In office 2006–2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Deputy director of the Office of Korean Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Regional Environment Officer at the Embassy of the United States, Bangkok | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Senior Advisor on International Affairs at the Office of the Vice President | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Vice President | Al Gore |
| Political Officer at the Embassy of the United States, Hanoi | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Theodore George Osius III[3] 1961 (age 63–64)[4] San Francisco, California, United States[5] |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Theodore George Osius III (born 1961) is an American diplomat and the formerUnited States Ambassador to Vietnam.[6]
Osius grew up inAnnapolis, Maryland.[5] He attendedThe Putney School inVermont, graduating in 1979.
Osius attendedHarvard University, where he wrote forThe Harvard Crimson and attained aBachelor of Arts insocial studies.[7] After graduating in 1984, he interned at theAmerican University in Cairo for a year. He then worked as a legislative correspondent for SenatorAl Gore from 1985 to 1987. Osius later attended thePaul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies atJohns Hopkins University, graduating with aMaster of Arts ininternational economics andU.S. foreign policy in 1989.[7]
In addition to English, Osius speaksVietnamese,French andItalian, as well as a bit ofArabic,Hindi,Thai,Japanese, andIndonesian.[7]
Osius joined theU.S. Foreign Service in 1989.[7] Osius' first assignment was inManila, from 1989 to 1991. Other early assignments includedVatican City and theUnited Nations.
In 1996, Osius was among the first U.S. diplomats to work in Vietnam since the end of theVietnam War. In 1997, he helped with the establishment of the U.S. consulate inHo Chi Minh City.[7] In 1998 Osius returned to advise Vice President Al Gore on Asian affairs. In 2001, Osius became regional environmental affairs officer at the U.S. embassy inBangkok,Thailand. In 2004, he returned toWashington, D.C. to work as the deputy director of the Office of Korean Affairs in theBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. In 2008, Osius was assigned toNew Delhi,India as political minister-counselor.[6]
In 2009, Osius became thedeputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy inJakarta,Indonesia.[6]
Osius returned again to Washington in 2012 to work as a senior fellow at theCenter for Strategic and International Studies. In 2013, he became an associate professor atNational Defense University.[7]
In May 2014, Osius was nominated by PresidentBarack Obama to beU.S. ambassador to Vietnam.[8] Osius was confirmed by theU.S. Senate in November 2014.[9] As ambassador, Osius presented his credentials on December 16, 2014.[6]
Osius is openly gay.[10] In 2004, Osius met his future husband, Clayton Bond, then a watch officer in the State Department'soperations center, at a meeting ofGays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies. They were married in 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. He and Bond have two children, a son and a daughter.[7][11]
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