U.S. Consul General

Biography

U.S. Consul General Michael S. Owen

U.S. Consul General Michael S. Owen

Michael S. Owen arrived in Mumbai on August 12, 2005 as the U.S. Consul General for western and central India.

From November 22, 2003 until July 8, 2005, Mr. Owen served as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he had been Deputy Chief of Mission since August 2002. Before his assignment in Dar es Salaam, he served as Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana. His previous postings include assignments as Economic Counselor at Embassy Colombo, Chief of the Political/Economic Section at Consulate General Karachi, desk officer for Rwanda/Burundi affairs in the State Department, Watch Officer in the State Department's Operations Center, Political/Economic Officer at Embassy Nouakchott, and Consular Officer at Embassy Dublin. Since joining the United States Department of State’s foreign service in 1987, Mr. Owen has received five Superior Honor Awards, and was the 2000 recipient of the Charles E. Cobb Award for Trade Promotion.

A native of Tennessee, Mr. Owen received a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and Economics from Rice University, a Master's in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Iowa State University. Prior to joining the State Department he was an economic analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, and a free-lance writer. Mr. Owen's foreign languages are Dutch and French.