Scot Marciel

Scot Marciel
United States Ambassador to Myanmar
Incumbent
Assumed office April 27, 2016
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Derek Mitchell
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
In office September 21, 2010 – July 18, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Cameron Hume
Succeeded by	Robert Blake
United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
In office May 8, 2008 – September 21, 2010
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	David Carden
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 58–59)
Alma mater	University of California, Davis Tufts University

Scot Alan Marciel (born 1958) is an American diplomat and served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary to 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. He was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from August 2010 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. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

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.

Mr. Marciel, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, joined the State Department in 1985. His assignments included Director of the Department’s Office of Maritime Southeast Asia, Director of the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia, and Director of the Office of Southeastern Europe.

Mr. Marciel also has served in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Brazil and Turkey, as well as in the Economic Bureau’s Office of Monetary Affairs.

Mr. Marciel grew up in Fremont, California.

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