New Ambassador to Japan Appointed
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following
individual to a key position in his Administration:
Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to Japan.
Kenneth R. Weinstein is President and CEO of Hudson Institute in Washington,
D.C., where he has held various positions since 1999. Mr. Weinstein is Chairman
of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, whose entities
include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia,
and Middle East Broadcasting. Mr. Weinstein also serves on the Advisory
Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, which provides counsel to the
United States Trade Representative. Mr. Weinstein is a member of the
International Advisory Board of the Aspen Institute Prague, a member of the
Board of Directors of ELNET–France and serves on the Advisory Board of the
Forum for Jewish Leadership. Earlier in his career, he was Deputy Director and
Director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Shalem Center; Director of the
Government Reform Project at the Heritage Foundation; and Director of Policy
for the New Citizenship Project. Mr. Weinstein received his B.A. from the
University of Chicago, an M.Phil. from Sciences Po (Paris), and a Ph.D. from
Harvard University. Mr. Weinstein speaks fluent French and German