Scot Marciel

{{Short description|American diplomat and ambassador}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Scot Marciel

|image = Scot Marciel.jpg

|office = United States Ambassador to Myanmar

|president = Barack Obama
Donald Trump

|term_start = April 27, 2016

|term_end = May 15, 2020

|predecessor = Derek Mitchell

|successor = Thomas Vajda

|office1 = United States Ambassador to Indonesia

|president1 = Barack Obama

|term_start1 = September 21, 2010

|term_end1 = July 18, 2013

|predecessor1 = Cameron Hume

|successor1 = Robert Blake

|office2 = United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

|president2 = George W. Bush
Barack Obama

|term_start2 = May 8, 2008

|term_end2 = September 21, 2010

|predecessor2 = Position established

|successor2 = David Carden

|birthname = Scot Alan Marciel

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}

|birth_place =

|death_date =

|death_place =

|alma_mater = University of California, Davis
Tufts University

}}

Scot Alan Marciel (born 1958){{cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/marciel-scot-alan|title=Scot Alan Marciel - People - Department History - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov}} is an American diplomat and served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs until February 2016. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the United States Ambassador to Burma on January 28, 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-usa-diplomacy-idUSKCN0V62MK|title=Senate panel approves Myanmar nominee|first=Reuters|last=Editorial|newspaper=Reuters |date=28 January 2016 |publisher=}}

He was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from August 2010 until July 2013. Marciel has worked for the United States Department of State since 1985. He has served in various capacities abroad and in particular was the United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prior to his nomination in Indonesia.

Marciel grew up in Fremont, California. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/213794.htm|title=Home » Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs » Bureau of Public Affairs » Bureau of Public Affairs: Electronic Information Publications » Biographies » Other Biographies Listed by Last Name » Marciel, Scot|last=|first=|date=|website=www.state.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013165948/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/213794.htm|archive-date=October 13, 2013|access-date=}}