Hanscom Smith

Hanscom Smith
United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau
In office
6 July 2019  12 July 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byKurt Tong
Succeeded byGregory May
Personal details
Born
Michael Hanscom Smith

Maine
SpouseLu Ying-tsung
Alma materGeorgetown University
London School of Economics
Princeton University

Michael Hanscom Smith is a career member of the US Senior Foreign Service who had served as Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau from July 2019 to July 2022. Smith has also served as Consul General in Shanghai (2014–2017), Director/Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the Department of State. He also served as Economic Section Chief at the Taipei Main Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and team leader at the United States Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Iraqi Province of Muthanna.