Scot marciel biography

Scot Alan Marciel (born 1958) is an.
A retired diplomat, Mr. Marciel served as US Ambassador to Myanmar from March 2016 through May 2020, leading a mission of 500 employees.
Ambassador Marciel grew up in Fremont, California.

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Scot Marciel

American diplomat and ambassador

Scot Alan Marciel (born 1958)^[1] is an American diplomat and served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs until February 2016. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the United States Ambassador to Burma on January 28, 2016.^[2]

He was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from August 2010^[3] until July 2013. Marciel has worked for the United States Department of State since 1985. He has served in various capacities abroad and in particular was the United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prior to his nomination in Indonesia.^[3]

Marciel grew up in Fremont, California. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.^[3]^[4]

Diplomatic career

Ambassador Marciel previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Bureau, responsible for relations with Southeast Asia, and as Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs.

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Scot Marciel could not have asked for a better way to celebrate his 25th year with the State Department than by receiving his first ambassador assignment. A specialist in trade and economics, the career diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign Service took over as U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, arriving in country on August 16, 2010.

In March 2011, Marciel had to deal with the fallout from the WikiLeaks release of State Department cables that accused Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of corruption and abuse of power, including using the national intelligence eservice to spy on his political rivals.

After growing up in Fremont, California, Marciel attended the University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Master of Arts, 1983).

After working as editor of staff publications for the National Center for Export-Import Studies at Georgetown University, he joined the State Department in 1985.

In August 1993, Marciel became the first U.S. diplomat to b