Susan Thornton

Susan A. Thornton
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
In office
March 9, 2017[lower-alpha 1] – July 2018
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Daniel Russel
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
In office
June 2014 – July 2018
Personal details
Alma mater Johns Hopkins SAIS[1]
Bowdoin College

Susan Ashton Thornton[2] is an American diplomat and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.[3][4]

Biography

Prior to working at the State Department, Thornton worked at the Foreign Policy Institute where she studied and wrote about Soviet politics and contemporary Russia. She speaks Russian and Mandarin Chinese. Thornton is a career diplomat who has worked at the State Department since 1991. She has previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian Affairs since February 2016 and before that she worked as the Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Embassy in Turkmenistan.[5]

She was appointed as acting on March 9, 2017 and on December 24 the Washington Post stated that she had been nominated to be appointed as "assistant".[6]

The State Department spokeswoman has confirmed that Thornton will be leaving the department. She intends to retire at the end of July.[7] It appears that she has retired as of August 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Linkedin. "Susan Thornton". Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "PN1085 — Foreign Service". U.S. Congress. February 11, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Panda, Ankit (March 14, 2017). "Straight From the US State Department: The 'Pivot' to Asia Is Over". The Diplomat. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Susan Thornton". United States Department of State. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ Morello, Carol (December 24, 2017). "Tillerson scores a personnel win, as top East Asia adviser is nominated". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ politico.com: Career diplomat Thornton to leave State Department
  1. ↑ Thorton has been formally nominated by Donald Trump to serve in this role, though she currently serves in this role in an acting capacity.
Political offices
Preceded by
Daniel Russel		 Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Acting
2017		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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