W. Patrick Murphy
W. Patrick Murphy | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Cambodia | |
| In office October 19, 2019 – May 18, 2024 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | William Heidt |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Warren Patrick Murphy 1963 (age 61–62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Kathleen Norman |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (MA) National War College (MS) University of Vermont (BA) Institut européen·European Institute |
| Occupation | Senior Foreign Service Office |
W. Patrick Murphy (born 1963) is a career U.S. diplomat. A Senior Foreign Service Officer, he served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2018 to 2019, fulfilling the duties of Acting Assistant Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia and Multilateral Affairs, 2016–2018. He previously served as Chargé d'affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in the Kingdoms of Thailand and Lesotho. He was nominated on January 16, 2019 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia.