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Charles H. Rivkin (born 1962) is the current Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 12, 2014, Rivkin assumed office the following day, and was sworn in publicly by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 15, 2014.〔(Secretary Kerry's Remarks at Assistant Secretary Charles Rivkin's Swearing-in Ceremony )〕 Rivkin's confirmation marks the first time a U.S. ambassador and former CEO has ever led the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. State Department. Prior to his appointment, Rivkin served for more than four years as the United States Ambassador to France and Monaco where he led America’s first and one of its largest diplomatic missions, which has six constituent posts throughout France and represents over 50 U.S. government agencies and sections. ==Early life and education== Of Russian Jewish heritage,〔(LA Times: "U.S. envoy in France is making the most of his opportunity" By Devorah Lauter ) April 24, 2010 | ''"But the 48-year-old Yale alum and Harvard Business School graduate with Russian Jewish roots shook hands with everyone in the room, and asked in fluent French about their various projects"''〕 Rivkin is one of four children of William R. Rivkin, the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg under President John F. Kennedy and United States Ambassador to Senegal and Gambia under President Lyndon B. Johnson;〔("Ms. Tolson Wed To Charles Rivkin" ) Aug. 5, 1990, ''The New York Times.''〕 and Enid Hammerman,〔(Chicago Tribune: "Enid H. Long, 71 - Served on college board, medical relief missions" By James Janega ) January 29, 2002〕 who was the daughter of the owner of one of the largest children's clothing manufacturers at the time.〔(Chicago Tribune: "Robert Rivkin takes on challenge of Toyota inquest with Transportation Department - Chicago attorney’s family ties to national politics run deep" By Melissa Harris )〕 Rivkin's father died in 1967 when he was 5〔 and his mother remarried to Chicago obstetrician Dr. John S. Long in 1971.〔〔(Chicago Tribune: "Dr. John Sterry Long, 1921-2013 - Rush obstetrician-gynecologist delivered more than 10,000 babies" By Patrick Svitek ) January 11, 2013 | ''Neal Ball, the committee's founder, met Dr. Long and his second wife, the late Enid Hammerman Rivkin Long''〕 Rivkin earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1984 where he graduated with distinction in political science and international relations. During his time at Yale, he was a member of two of Yale's a cappella groups: the underclassmen Spizzwinks and the all-senior Whiffenpoofs. He then earned an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1988.〔 He speaks fluent French and spent years as a youth studying, traveling and working in France, including studying in Rennes, France, with School Year Abroad and working as an intern at Renault. Business interests regularly brought him to Paris or Cannes prior to his appointment as ambassador.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=US Embassy France )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Rivkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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