Stephen Orlins
{{Short description|American diplomat and lawyer}}
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| name = Stephen A. Orlins
| office = President of the National Committee on United States–China Relations
| termstart = 2005
| termend =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1950}}
| image = Steve Orlins.jpg
| education = Harvard University (BA, JD)
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Stephen A. Orlins (born 1950) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has been president of the National Committee on United States–China Relations since May 1, 2005.{{Cite web|title=Stephen A. Orlins|url=https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/hcf/people/stephen-orlins|website=projects.iq.harvard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}} Prior to this, Orlins was the managing director of The Carlyle Group Asia. He was also chairman of Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) and senior advisor to AEA Investors Inc., a New York based leveraged buyout firm, with responsibility for AEA’s business activities throughout Asia.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
Born to a mother and paternal grandparents who were European and Jewish immigrants to the United States, he grew up in a family where his brother, sister and he were taught that, but for the American government and the American people, they wouldn’t exist and they would have perished in Europe and died under the Nazis, or in a Russian pogrom.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-28 |title=Interview with Stephen Orlins |url=https://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/interview-with-stephen-orlins-17697 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=China-US Focus}}
Education
Orlins graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and Harvard Law School in 1976.{{cn|date=April 2024}}
Career
From 1976 to 1979, Orlins served in the Office of the Legal Advisor of the United States Department of State, first in the Office of the Assistant Legal Advisor for Political-Military Affairs and then for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. While in that office, he was a member of the legal team that helped establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China.{{Cite web|title=Stephen A. Orlins: 'I Fight for China-US Relations'|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stephen-a-orlins-i-fight-for-china-us-relations-300992224.html|last=USA|first=People's Daily Online West|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}
From 1983 to 1991, Orlins was with the investment banking firm of Lehman Brothers where he was a Managing Director from 1985 to 1991. From 1987 to 1990, he served as President of Lehman Brothers Asia. Based in Hong Kong, he supervised over 150 professionals with offices in Hong Kong, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Manila and Singapore. Earlier in his career, Orlins practiced law with Coudert Brothers and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, Hong Kong, and Beijing.{{Cite web |title=Stephen A. Orlins, President {{!}} National Committee on United States - China Relations |url=https://www.ncuscr.org/about/staff/stephen-orlins |access-date=2020-05-22 |website=www.ncuscr.org}}
In 1992 was the Democratic nominee for the United States Congress in New York's 3rd congressional district.{{cite web |last=McQuiston |first=John |date=October 26, 1992 |title=Millionaire and Comptroller Square Off |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/26/nyregion/millionaire-and-comptroller-square-off.html |access-date=March 18, 2021 |work=The New York Times}}
In July 2022, Orlins helped found a group of U.S. business and policy leaders who share the goal of cohesively engaging with China in order to improve U.S.-China relations.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China - WSJ |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-want-to-rebuild-us-china-relations-trade-business-economic-growth-antony-blinken-foreign-policy-11657141306 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707140754/https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-want-to-rebuild-us-china-relations-trade-business-economic-growth-antony-blinken-foreign-policy-11657141306 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |access-date=2022-07-07 }}
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External links
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Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Harvard College alumni