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| Mr. Marc Evans Knapper. |
According to the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Marc Evans Knapper as the new ambassador to Vietnam.
The Senior Foreign Service member, who will succeed Daniel J. Kritenbrink, is currently serving as the deputy assistant secretary for Japan and Korea in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
Before assuming that position, Knapper was the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Korea and, prior to that, was the Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission. Earlier, Knapper was Director of the State Department’s Office of India Affairs and Director of the State Department’s Office of Japanese Affairs.
His other assignments include leadership positions in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Knapper earned his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.A. from the Army War College.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, the State Department’s Linguist of the Year Award, and a Presidential Rank Award. He speaks Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.
