Michael B. Goldman

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Michael Goldman
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United States Ambassador to Australia
Assumed office
January 19, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byArthur Culvahouse
Personal details
Spouse(s)Brett Jones
Children2
Education

Michael B. Goldman is an American diplomat who has served as the Charge d’Affaires ad interim to the Commonwealth of Australia since January 2021.[1]

Early life and education[]

Goldman earned a Ph.D. and MA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in international politics from Georgetown University. He completed his dissertation research on a Fulbright scholarship at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia.

Career[]

Goldman arrived in Canberra in March 2020 as Deputy Chief of Mission, after three years at the U.S Embassy in Suva, Fiji, where he served as Charge d’Affaires (2018-2019) with responsibility for relations with the nations of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu.[2]

Goldman joined the State Department in 2000. He recently served in Washington as Deputy and Acting Director for China and Mongolia in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2015-2017). Previous assignments include Kathmandu (2012-2015), where he was Political and Economic Counselor; Hanoi (2008-2011) and Tashkent (2002-2005) as a political officer; and Taipei (2000-2002) as a consular officer, as well as an earlier stint on the China Desk (2005-2007). He's the recipient of several State Department honors, including recognition as the Department's outstanding human rights officer for his work to combat torture and safeguard vulnerable NGOs in Uzbekistan.[3]

Personal life[]

Goldman speaks Mandarin Chinese, and at one time or another has also been fluent in Nepali, Vietnamese, Russian, and Indonesian. He has three children and is married to USAID Foreign Service Officer Brett Jones.

Prior to joining the State Department, Goldman worked as a dock worker on an oyster farm in Puget Sound and as an adjunct professor of political science at San Francisco State University.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Michael Goldman". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia. Retrieved 2021-03-04.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Michael B. Goldman - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  3. ^ "2004 Human Rights and Democracy Achievement Award Winners". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  4. ^ https://au.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/dcm/

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