Peter Haymond | |
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| United States Ambassador to Laos | |
| In office February 7, 2020 –September 1, 2023 [1] | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Rena Bitter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Mark Haymond [2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brigham Young University (B.A.) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.,Ph.D.) |
Peter Mark Haymond is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Laos from February 2020 to September 2023.
Haymond earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University and an Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy and Doctor of Philosophy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. [3] [4]
Haymond is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,class of Minister-Counselor,joining the Foreign Service in 1991. [5] Previous posts include being Director of the State Department's Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs,Consul General at the United States Consulate in Chengdu,China,and Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Vientiane,Laos. He also served as Division Chief in the Office of Energy and Commodities in the Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs at the Department of State,and as Arabian Peninsula Officer in the Office of the Counterterrorism Coordinator. He recently served as Chargéd’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Bangkok,Thailand. [3]
On September 3,2019,President Trump nominated Haymond to be the next United States Ambassador to Laos. His nomination was sent to the United States Senate on September 9,2019. [6] He appeared before the Foreign Relations Committee on October 31,2019. [7] On December 19,2019,his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. [8] He was sworn in on January 15,2020, [9] and presented his credentials to Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit in Vientiane on February 7,2020. [10]
Haymond is married to his wife of over 30 years,Dusadee. [7] He speaks Lao,Thai,Mandarin,and French. [3]
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