Deputy Chief of Mission Geoffrey Pyatt

Geoffrey R. Pyatt

Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the United States of America
New Delhi, India

 

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Geoffrey R. Pyatt became Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the United States of America in New Delhi in June 2006, following four years as Minister Counselor of Political Affairs.  As DCM he serves as chief operating officer for one of the United States' largest and fastest growing foreign missions.  Prior to his India assignment, he served as Trade Policy Officer and deputy section chief at the American Consulate General in Hong Kong, where he managed the trade and export control dialogue with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.  From 1997 to 1999 he served as Principal Officer of the American Consulate in Lahore - representing the United States in Pakistan's largest and politically most important province.  His Washington assignments include Director for Latin America on the National Security Council staff (1996-97), Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (1995-96) and Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America (1994).  He was Political Officer in New Delhi, India from 1992-94 and Economic Officer and Vice-Consul in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 1990-92.  Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he worked with The Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank that brings together leading citizens of the Americas.  He grew up in La Jolla, California and holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Yale and B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.  He and his wife Mary have two children, William (14) and Claire (12).

Updated: August 2006