Ralph L. Boyce
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| Born | Ralph Leo Boyce February 1, 1952 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation | Diplomat[1] |
Ralph Leo "Skip" Boyce (born February 1, 1952) is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the State Department.
Early life and education
Born in Washington, D.C., he obtained a B.A. from
financial economist
.
Career
From July 1984 to August 1988, Boyce served in the State Department, first as Special Assistant and then as Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State, responsible for the foreign affairs budget. In August 1988, he was assigned to
Deputy Chief of Mission
. From June 1993 until September 1994, Boyce was Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Singapore during the absence of an ambassador. In October 1994, he returned to Bangkok as Deputy Chief of Mission, where he served until August 1998.
Boyce was Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs from August 1998 to July 2001. His area of responsibility included Southeast Asia,
United States Ambassador to Indonesia
from October 2001 to October 2004.
Boyce was confirmed as the
United States Ambassador to Thailand on June 25, 2004 and sworn in on December 15, 2004. His term ended on December 26, 2007. On February 12, 2008, the US aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing named Boyce as President of Boeing Southeast Asia. In 2010, Boyce as President of Boeing Southeast Asia was quoted in the Bangkok Post as saying Boeing had a 50:50 chance of winning a contract with Thai International to deliver 77 new aircraft to the company.[2]
In addition to English, Boyce speaks Persian, French, and Thai.
References
- ^ Perlez, Jane (7 November 2002). "THREATS AND RESPONSES: CONSPIRACY TALES; Indonesians Say They Suspect C.I.A. in Bali Blast". The New York Times. p. 22. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/197945/up-to-77-boeing-jets-may-be-in-thai-cart [dead link]
Further reading
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150205101457/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/01/03/bali-bombing-an-investigator039s-analysis.html
- http://www.the5thestate.asia/2011/09/asean-pedogate.html
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