Hans George Klemm (born August 21, 1957) is an
American
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diplomat who served as the
United States Ambassador to Romania
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from September 21, 2015, to December 2019. Previously he also served as the
United States ambassador
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to
East Timor
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from June 12, 2007, to May 25, 2010.
Klemm graduated from
Indiana University
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Campuses
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with a
B.A.
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in Economics and History, and from
Stanford University
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with an
M.A
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in International Development Policy.
He joined the
United States Foreign Service
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in 1981 and was promoted into the
Senior Foreign Service The Senior Foreign Service (SFS) comprises the top four ranks of the United States Foreign Service. These ranks were created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12293 in order to provide the Foreign Service with senior grades equ ...
in 2001.
From 2012 to 2015 he was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Human Resources. As of January 2015, Klemm served as Senior Advisor to the
Under Secretary for Management at the Department of State. In March 2015 President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Klemm as
U.S. Ambassador to Romania. In September 2015, Klemm assumed the duties of U.S. Ambassador to Romania.
Klemm's father was a German immigrant.
Honour
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Romanian Royal Family
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: Knight of the
Royal Decoration of Nihil Sine Deo
See also
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List of ambassadors of the United States
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1957 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to East Timor
Ambassadors of the United States to Romania
Indiana University alumni
Stanford University alumni
United States Foreign Service personnel
21st-century American diplomats
American people of German descent
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