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Nicholas Platt (born March 10, 1936) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan.
Platt served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City. Platt entered the Foreign Service of the United States in 1959.
Ambassador Platt: The growth of China’s power has refocused its attention on long-standing territorial disputes, reinforcing Beijing’s determination to reclaim its place as the leading power in the region and raising levels of anxiety among neighboring countries.
Nicholas Platt is president of the Asia Society and, during a 34-year career in the U.S. foreign service, served as ambassador to the Philippines and Pakistan.
Retired diplomat Nicholas Platt ’57, U.S. ambassador to three countries and president emeritus of the Asia Society, was one of the wise men whom President Richard Nixon called his “China boys” — staffers who smoothed the way to opening relations with China four decades ago.
Nicholas Platt, the fifth president of the Asia Society, has spent most of his life working on relations between the US and Asia. He assumed his current position in 1992 after a thirty four-year career as an American diplomat in Asia which culminated in service as US Ambassador to the Philippines (1987-1991) and Pakistan (1991-1992).
HONG KONG, February 21, 2012 — Nicholas Platt, author of China Boys, former U.S. Ambassador, and President Emeritus, Asia Society, joined Asia Society Hong Kong Center for a discussion on China: Then and Now.
