Back نيكولاس بورنس (دبلوماسي) Arabic آر. نيكولاس بورنس ARZ R. Nicholas Burns German Νίκολας Μπερνς Greek آر. نیکلاس برنز Persian Nicholas Burns French R. Nicholas Burns Italian ニコラス・バーンズ Japanese Николас Бёрнс Mongolian Бёрнс, Николас Russian
R. Nicholas Burns | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 13th United States Ambassador to China | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Terry Branstad |
| Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
| In office March 18, 2005 – February 29, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Marc Grossman |
| Succeeded by | William J. Burns |
| United States Ambassador to NATO | |
| In office August 7, 2001 – March 7, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Sandy Vershbow |
| Succeeded by | Victoria Nuland |
| United States Ambassador to Greece | |
| In office December 22, 1997 – July 29, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas Niles |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Miller |
| Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Mike McCurry |
| Succeeded by | James Rubin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Nicholas Burns January 28, 1956 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Baylies |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Boston College (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Robert Nicholas Burns (born January 28, 1956) is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.[1]
Burns has had a 25-year career in the State Department, and served as United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Appointed by President George W. Bush, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 17, 2005, and was sworn into office by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. As under secretary, he oversaw the bureaus responsible for U.S. policy in each region of the world and served in the senior career Foreign Service position at the department. He retired on April 30, 2008. He was a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in summer 2008.
Burns was a professor of diplomacy and international politics at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University and a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was director of the Aspen Strategy Group,[2] senior counselor at The Cohen Group, and serves on the board of directors of Entegris, Inc. He writes a bi-weekly column on foreign affairs for The Boston Globe and is a senior foreign affairs columnist for GlobalPost. He also serves on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council,[3] the Council on Foreign Relations, Special Olympics, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, American Media Abroad, the Gennadius Library and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Burns is vice chairman of the American Ditchley Foundation and serves on the panel of senior advisors at Chatham House.
President Joe Biden nominated Burns to be Ambassador to China in August 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2021, by a vote of 75–18. He presented his credentials on April 1, 2022.
- ^ "New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns arrives in China". Reuters. March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Nicholas Burns Stepping Down as Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group to become Ambassador of the United States to China & Anja Manuel Named Next Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group". The Aspen Institute. December 22, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Atlantic Council. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
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