Mr. Raymond F. Burghardt

Director, East West Seminars

East West Center
1601 East West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

PHONE: 808.944.7615
FAX: 808.944.7600
EMAIL: burgharr@eastwestcenter.org

Raymond Burghardt, recently retired U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam,
joined the East-West Center in January 2005 as the Director of
East-West Seminars. He is the highest-ranking diplomat to join the
Center since the 1960s.

Ambassador Burghardt served as the Ambassador to Vietnam,
from 2001 - September 2004. He was formerly the Director of
the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) from 1999-2001. He previously
served as American Consul General in Shanghai (1997-1999),
as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Manila (1993-96)
and Seoul (1990-93), and as Political Counselor in Beijing (1987-89).
During the first six months of the Clinton Administration in 1993,
Ambassador Burghardt served as Charge d' Affaires at the U.S.
Embassy in Seoul.

His previous positions also have included an assignment on the National Security Council Staff as Special Assistant to President Reagan and Senior Director of Latin American Affairs. He also served at the U.S. Embassies in Honduras and Guatemala. He was a Peace Corps Volunteers in Colombia before joining the Foreign Service.

Ambassador Burghardt received a B.A. from Columbia College in 1967 and did graduate study at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. He speaks Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.