Heidt, William A., 1961-
William A. "Bill" Heidt (born 1961) is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Cambodia from 2015 to 2018. He was nominated on April 7, 2015, by President Barack Obama to succeed William E. Todd. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 5, 2015, and sworn in on September 14, 2015. As ambassador, Heidt launched initiatives to expand trade and investment between the U.S. and Cambodia, strengthen respect for human rights and democracy, build Cambodia’s nascent technology sector, and empower Cambodia’s women entrepreneurs. His term ended on November 28, 2018. Thereafter, he served on the faculty of the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at National Defense University from January to November 2019, teaching classes on economics, industry analysis and American Studies. He was named Deputy Commandant and International Affairs Advisor at the Eisenhower School on November 4, 2019.
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he attended Penn State University, earning his B.A. in 1984, and George Washington University, where he graduated with an M.A. in 1986. He joined the Foreign Service in 1988, with his first posting in Poznan, Poland, as a consular officer. Heidt returned to Washington in 1990 to serve as an economic officer in the Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs. In 1992, he moved to a similar role in the Office of Korean Affairs and ultimately was an economic officer in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
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