Paul Watzlavick
Paul Watzlavick, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy Paramaribo. Immediately prior to this role, Mr. Watzlavick was the Senior Bureau Official for Arms Control and Nonproliferation in Washington, D.C.
Previous assignments include Foreign Policy Advisor the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, State Department Chair and Professor of Practice at the National Intelligence University, and Director of Analysis for the Middle East and North Africa in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Mr. Watzlavick’s overseas postings include Poland, Colombia, the Philippines, Chile, Japan, Iraq, and Kenya. Other Washington assignments were Special Assistant to the Secretary of State and Bureau Spokesperson for Near Eastern Affairs. Mr. Watzlavick is the recipient of numerous State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards and the Exceptional Service Award from the Director of National Intelligence. He is a graduate of the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar.
Before joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Watzlavick worked in Texas state and local government, and as a consultant on federal programs. He started his career as a photojournalist in Latin America. Mr. Watzlavick has an undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of Texas, along with graduate degrees in Public Policy from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and National Security Strategy from the Marine Corps University War College.
Mr. Watzlavick is married to fellow Texan and retired Foreign Service Specialist Dawn Watzlavick. They have two children in college.