# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-mitchell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:42:23.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-mitchell"
name: "Derek Mitchell"
slug: "derek-mitchell"
description: "Derek James Mitchell is an American diplomat with extensive experience in Asia policy. He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first special representative and policy coordinator for Burma with rank of ambassador, and was sworn in by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on October 2, 2011. On June 29, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed him as the new United States ambassador to Burma. On September 4, 2018, Mitchell succeeded Kenneth Wollack as president of the National Democratic Institute, a position he served until September 2023."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_J._Mitchell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.451612903225806
  historical:           4.81026
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ديريك ميتشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek J. Mitchell"
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    title: "Derek Mitchell"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%DB%92_%D9%85%DA%86%D9%84"
    title: "ڈیرک جے مچل"
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  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E5%BE%B7%E5%81%89_(%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E9%A7%90%E7%B7%AC%E7%94%B8%E5%A4%96%E4%BA%A4%E5%AE%98)"
    title: "米德偉 (美國駐緬甸外交官)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump