Larry M. Dinger

Chargé d’Affaires Larry M. Dinger

Term of Appointment: September 2008 to present

Mr. Larry M. Dinger assumed duties as Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America in Rangoon, Burma, on September 3, 2008.

Prior to that, he was U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu from 2005 to 2008.

From August 2004 to June 2005, he was the State Department's Senior Advisor to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

He was U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (2002-2004), Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Katmandu, Nepal (2001-2002), and Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Suva, Fiji (1996-1999).

Earlier, Mr. Dinger served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1995-96), Political Officer at Embassy Canberra, Australia (1992-95), Indonesia Desk Officer (1990-92), Political Officer at Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia (1987-1990), Staff Assistant in the EAP Bureau (1985-86), and Consular/Narcotics Affairs Officer at Embassy Mexico City, Mexico (1983-85).

Mr. Dinger is a graduate of Macalester College (BA 1968), the Harvard Law School (JD 1975), and the National War College (MA 2000).

He was a U.S. Naval Officer from 1968 to 1972, graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1969 and serving in Nha Be, Vietnam, (1969-70) and in London (1970-72).

After the Navy and law school, Mr. Dinger worked in politics, including on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee staff, ran for office in his home state of Iowa, and briefly practiced law before entering the Foreign Service.