Hanscom Smith
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Hanscom Smith | |||||||||
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| United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau | |||||||||
| In office 6 July 2019 – 12 July 2022 | |||||||||
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Kurt Tong | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gregory May | ||||||||
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| Born | Michael Hanscom Smith Maine[1] | ||||||||
| Spouse | Lu Ying-tsung | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Georgetown University London School of Economics Princeton University | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 史墨客 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 史墨客 | ||||||||
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Michael Hanscom Smith is a career member of the US Senior Foreign Service who had served as Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau[2] from July 2019 to July 2022. Smith has also served as Consul General in Shanghai (2014–2017), Director/Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the Department of State. He also served as Economic Section Chief at the Taipei Main Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),[3][4] and team leader at the United States Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Iraqi Province of Muthanna.[5][6][7]
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Princeton University, a certificate in political studies from Sciences Po in Paris and was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Japan.[5][6]