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Line 1: {{short description\|American diplomat}} {{Infobox officeholder \| name = Hanscom Smith Line 5 ⟶ 7: \| president = [[Donald Trump]]<br />[[Joe Biden]] \| term_start = 6 July 2019 \| term_end = 12 July 2022 \| predecessor = [[Kurt Tong]] \| successor = [[Gregory May]] \| birthname = Michael Hanscom Smith \| birth_date = [[Maine]]<ref name="Consul General Hanscom Smith">{{Cite web\|url=https://hk.usconsulate.gov/our-relationship/cg/\|title = Consul General Hanscom Smith}}</ref> Line 16 ⟶ 18: \| alma_mater = [[Georgetown University]]<br />[[London School of Economics]]<br />[[Princeton University]] }} '''Michael Hanscom Smith''' is a career member of the US Senior Foreign Service who ~~has~~had ~~been serving~~served as Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau<ref name="Tony">{{cite news \|last1=Cheung \|first1=Tony \|title=US consul general in Hong Kong named as Hanscom Smith, replacing Kurt Tong as Washington's top diplomat in city and Macau \|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3014487/us-consul-general-hong-kong-named-hanscom-smith-replacing \|accessdate=5 March 2020 \|publisher=South China Morning Post \|date=14 June 2019}}</ref> ~~since~~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),<ref>{{citation \|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/106186.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905063415/https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/106186.pdf \|archive-date=2019-09-05 \|date=2008-08-12 \|publisher=[[United States Department of State]] \|title=Telephone Directory - Key Officers List \|page=KO-31 \|access-date=2019-09-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=各單位官員列表 \|trans-title=Key Officers \|url=http://ait.org.tw/zh/key-officers.html \|publisher=[[American Institute in Taiwan]] \|archiveurl=https://archive.today/~~TXlUN~~20100616044211/http://ait.org.tw/zh/key-officers.html \|archivedate=2010-06-16 \|accessdate=2010-06-16}}</ref> and team leader at the United States Provincial Reconstruction Team in the [[Muthanna Governorate\|Iraqi Province of Muthanna]].<ref name="CGHKM">{{cite web \|title=Consul General Hanscom Smith \|url=https://hk.usconsulate.gov/our-relationship/cg/ \|website=U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG & MACAU \|accessdate=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Announce">{{cite web \|title=Hanscom Smith Announced as U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau \|url=https://hk.usconsulate.gov/pr-2019061401/ \|website=U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG & MACAU \|date=14 June 2019 \|accessdate=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="AD">{{cite web \|title=Hanscom Smith ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE OFFICE OF CHINESE AND MONGOLIAN AFFAIRS BUREAU OF EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS \|url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/hanscom-smith/ \|website=US Department of State \|accessdate=5 March 2020}}</ref> ==Education== 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.<ref name="CGHKM" /><ref name="Announce" /> == Academic career == Smith is a senior fellow at the [[Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs\|Jackson School of Global Affairs]] at [[Yale University\|Yale]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=U.S. lawmakers slam U.S. corporate executives' Hong Kong trip plans \|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/05/wall-street-bankers-hong-kong-00060518 \|access-date=2022-10-27 \|website=POLITICO \|language=en}}</ref> When speaking about the [[Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit]], Smith warned companies that "It's not business as usual in Hong Kong, and those companies who do business are going to have to grapple with that uncertainty for the foreseeable future."<ref name=":0" /> ==Personal life== Line 34 ⟶ 39: {{s-ttl \| title = [[Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau\|United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau]] \| years = July 2019 – ~~present~~July 2022 }} {{S-aft \| after = ~~incumbent~~[[Gregory May]] }} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Hanscom}} [[Category:~~LGBT~~LGBTQ ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:American gay men]] [[Category:Gay diplomats]] [[Category:21st-century American diplomats]] [[Category:~~Consul~~Consuls ~~General~~general of the United States in Hong Kong and Macau]] [[Category:Consuls ~~General~~general of the United States in Shanghai]] [[Category:People of the American Institute in Taiwan]] [[Category:Georgetown University alumni]]