Remarks
Remarks at Black History Month Family Day - February 23, 2008
Remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission James F. Entwistle.
Deputy Chief of Mission
James F. Entwistle
Mr. Entwistle is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and assumed his duties as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2007. He previously served at Embassy Bangkok as head of the Refugee Assistance Unit 1991-94 with extensive travel to Cambodia. From 2003-06, Mr. Entwistle served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka with simultaneous accreditation to Maldives.
Mr. Entwistle joined the Foreign Service in January, 1981. He served in Yaounde, Douala and Niamey from 1981-86. From 1986-90 Mr. Entwistle was a watch officer in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the desk officer for Kenya and Uganda in the Bureau of African Affairs. After serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangui 1994-95, Mr. Entwistle worked in the Bureau of Consular Affairs in the Department until his assignment as Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1999-2003.
Mr. Entwistle is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina. His foreign languages are French and Thai. Mr. Entwistle is married to Pamela G. Schmoll. They have two children.