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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.
Su padre, Nicholas Platt, es un diplomático que fue embajador de los Estados Unidos en Pakistán, Zambia y Filipinas. Su abuelo era el arquitecto Geoffrey Platt . Está emparentado también con la princesa Diana de Gales , pues ambos son descendientes de la heredera estadounidense Frances Work .
Su hijo Nicholas Hughes Plath fue un hombre solitario; se refugió en la privacidad de Alaska como profesor de Ciencias del Mar en la Universidad de Alaska Fairbanks. Maníaco depresivo y solitario, nunca se casó ni tuvo hijos, y el 16 de marzo de 2009 se suicidó ahorcándose en su casa de Alaska.
Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker, and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia, and the Philippines. His older brother, Adam Platt, is a New York magazine restaurant critic.
Nicholas Platt has spent most of his life working on relations between the US and Asia. Thirty four years as a career diplomat, culminating in service as US Ambassador to Zambia (1982-84), the Philippines (1987-991) and Pakistan (1991-1992), was followed by twelve years as President of the Asia Society, beginning in 1992.
Nicholas Platt served as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. As a young diplomat, Ambassador Platt accompanied President Richard Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing in 1972 that signaled the resumption of relations between the U.S. and China.
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. He is the former president of the Asia Society in New York City.
