Michael Klosson (born August 22, 1949, in

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) is the former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus and

Save the Children The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic ...

’s Vice President for Policy and Humanitarian Response. For the State Department, he also served as U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong, principal deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs, deputy chief of mission of the Embassy in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

and Embassy in The Hague, and ambassador ad interim to the

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and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Klosson attended

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, graduating in 1971 and went on to earn an M.P.A. and M.A. from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

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{{US-diplomat-stub Living people People from Washington, D.C. Hamilton College (New York) alumni Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni United States Foreign Service personnel Ambassadors of the United States to Cyprus Ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands Ambassadors of the United States to Sweden American nonprofit executives 1949 births Philanthropists from Washington, D.C. Save the Children