Monday, September 24, 2012

Sept. 26 Important State Dept. presentation


Ambassador Hans Klemm, an IU Alum, will be speaking about career and internship opportunities with the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, September 26 from 5:30-7PM in the Georgian Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Please stop by to listen and meet a fellow Hoosier.

 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Human Resource
Term of Appointment: 07/02/2012 to present

       
Prior to his current position, in which he assists the Director General of the Foreign Service manage the personnel systems of the Department of State, Hans Klemm served as Economic Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.  In that capacity, Ambassador Klemm represented the United States as the Senior Official to APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.  From July 2010 through January 2012, Ambassador Klemm led all U.S. civilian and military rule of law programs in Afghanistan, including counter-narcotics, counter-corruption, judicial capacity building, detentions, corrections and law enforcement.
In 2007-1010, Mr. Klemm served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.   He previously 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, Mr. Klemm worked as Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources, where he managed the assignment process and career development programs for Foreign Service employees, and as the Director of the Office of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Textile Trade Affairs in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.  Overseas, Mr. Klemm worked at U.S. embassies in Bonn, Seoul and Port of Spain, as well as having multiple assignments in Tokyo.

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