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Ambassador Klemm's Biography

Ambassador Hans Klemm

In June 2007 Hans Klemm began service as Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Dili.

Previously, he served as Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, responsible for all aspects of bilateral and multilateral economic policy with Japan. Earlier, Ambassador Klemm worked as Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources of the Department of State in Washington, D.C., where he managed the assignment process and career development programs for Foreign Service employees. He also served as the Director of the Office of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Textile Trade Affairs in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. Overseas, Ambassador Klemm worked at U.S. embassies in Bonn, Seoul and Port of Spain. In his foreign and domestic assignments, he has had responsibility for a broad range of management and international economic policy issues, including bilateral and multilateral trade, international finance and development, international organization affairs, and civil aviation.