Draft:Michael G. Heath

Michael G. Heath is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Malawi.

Early life and education
A California native, Heath earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.

Career
Heath is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister-counselor. He served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim and deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. He has also served as acting deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia; consul general in Chiang Mai, Thailand; chief of the economic policy analysis unit in Beijing, China; and senior country officer for Indonesia and Malaysia in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He had diplomatic assignments in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Georgetown, Guyana, and served in the Bureau of African Affairs during the development of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Since 2022, he has served as deputy assistant secretary for West Africa in the Bureau of African Affairs. He speaks Chinese, Thai, and French.

On May 28, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Heath to serve as the next United States ambassador to Malawi. On June 18, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate. His nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.