# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-nicholas-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:41.712Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/r-nicholas-burns"
name: "R. Nicholas Burns"
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description: "Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar. He served as the United States ambassador to China from 2022 to 2025. He is now the Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University."
tagline: "American diplomat and academic (born 1956)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1956-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump