Biography

Jonathan M. Aloisi

Jonathan M. Aloisi
Deputy Chief of Mission from July 2006 to July 2008

Jonathan M. Aloisi is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service.  After joining the State Department in 1983, he served as Vice Consul in both Guadalajara, Mexico (1984-85) and Hong Kong (1985-86).  Mr. Aloisi worked as Second Secretary in Beijing from 1986 to 1988 and as Consul in the U.S. Consulate General, Shanghai from 1989-91.  He was assigned to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. as Malaysia Desk Officer, where he worked from 1991 until 1993.

Mr. Aloisi served again in Beijing as First Secretary and deputy political counselor from 1993-1997.  He became deputy director of the Office of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore Affairs in 1998.  In August 2000, Mr. Aloisi returned to Beijing as First Secretary and deputy political counselor.  In October 2000, Ambassador Prueher directed him to assume the position of acting Consul General in Chengdu, China, a status he held until January 2001.  Mr. Aloisi became Political Minister-Counselor in Beijing in June 2001.  From August 2004 until July 2005, Mr. Aloisi served as the Political Advisor to the Coalition Military Commander in Afghanistan.  After Vietnamese language training, he began his current assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission in Hanoi in July 2006.

Mr. Aloisi is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A. Economics 1978, M.A. Anthropology 1982) and received a Masters Degree in National Security Studies from the National War College in 1998.  He holds the Department of State’s Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor Awards, and was a Distinguished Graduate in his War College class.  Mr. Aloisi was born July 18, 1956 in Middletown, Ohio, and is married with twin daughters.  He speaks Mandarin Chinese as well as Vietnamese.