Julia Chang Bloch

Julia Chang Bloch

Julia Chang Bloch (born 1942) was an American diplomat, and the first U.S. ambassador of Asian origin.

Chang Bloch was born in China, and moved to the United States when she was nine. She earned a master's degree in government and East Asia studies from Harvard University, and entered the civil service. From 1971 she served as a staffer for the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, and thereafter in a number of other roles, including administering a food-aid program. She was appointed ambassador to Nepal by President George H. W. Bush in 1989, and served until 1993. In the late 1990s, she joined the United States-Japan Foundation.

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