Stanley Owen Roth (born 1954) is an American foreign policy advisor who served as

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from 1997 to 2001.

Education

Roth earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

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in 1975. He then attended the

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, receiving a Master of Arts in

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in 1977.

Career

In 1979, Roth joined the staff of Congressman

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as chief foreign policy aide. He held this job until January 1983, when he became a staff consultant of the

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Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, the subcommittee responsible for the U.S.'s policy towards the Asia-Pacific, including foreign aid, military sales, trade issues and human rights. In October 1985, he was promoted to Staff Director of the Subcommittee. During his time as the Subcommittee's Staff Director, the Subcommittee held hearing on

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's hidden wealth in the United States. He was again promoted in January 1993 to become the House Foreign Affair's Committee's Director of Committee Liaison. In July 1993, Roth became Deputy

, in which capacity he was responsible for Asian security affairs at

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. Roth became a

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and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the

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in March 1994. Roth joined the

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in January 1996 as Director of Research & Studies. In May 1997,

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nominated Roth as

, and Roth held this office from August 5, 1997 until January 20, 2001. Roth left government service in 2001, joining

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as vice president of International Relations — Asia. He became Boeing's vice president of International Government Relations in July 2006.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Stanley O. United States Department of State officials Living people Brandeis University alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni Boeing people Assistant secretaries of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs 1954 births