9CaKrnJERDU world.huanqiu.comarticle嘉宾：汤加王国驻华大使西亚梅利耶.拉图/e3pmh22ph/e3pn61ka0<article><section data-type="rtext"><p>Mr. Siamelie Latu Tongan Ambassador, Beijing</p><p>H.E. Mr. Siamelie Latu was a former Deputy Commander and Joint Operation Commander of the Tonga Defence Services (TDS) prior to his current appointment as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga to the People’s Republic of China.  Mr. Latu ascended through the ranks of the Tonga Defence Services (TDS) from Second Lieutenant to Colonel. He has served in a number of appointments which includes Commander of the TDS Land Force. He was appointed as Joint Operation Commander of the TDS until retired in 2010. Mr Latu was assigned to the United States Central Command Headquarters Tampa, Florida as Tonga Senior National Representative during Operation Iraqi Freedom, was selected as the Tonga Liaison Officer at the Multinational Headquarters Bagdad and later became Contingent Commander of the first Royal Tongan Marines who participated in peacekeeping mission in Iraq 2004. He was selected by the Tongan Government as Chief Coordinator  of the Operation Niuatoputapu Tsunami Emergency Response Phase and the Joint Task Force early recovery and reconstruction of the road and rehabilitation of the island of Niuatoputapu.</p><p>As a graduate of the University of New England, Australia he was conferred a Bachelor of Professional Studies.  Mr. Latu graduated from the Australian Army Command and Staff College where he was credited with a degree of Master of Defence Studies from the University of Canberra. He is also a graduate of the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu Hawaii. He attended the National Defence University of the People’s Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China. He is also a graduate of Deakin University where he was conferred a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies). He is also a fellow of the Australia Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies.</p> <adv-loader __attr__inner="7004636" __attr__style="width: auto;position: relative;float: left;border: 1px solid #ebebeb; padding: 20px;overflow: hidden;margin: 10px 30px 40px 0;"></adv-loader> <p>Honours and Awards include the Order of St. George Commander’s Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Campaign Medal and Coronation Medal.</p><p>Siamelie  is married to Sesilia Latu  and they have four children.</p><p>西亚梅利耶.拉图-汤加王国驻华大使</p><p>西亚梅利耶.拉图先生担任汤加王国驻华大使之前曾是汤加国防军副指挥官和联合作战指挥官。拉图先生在汤加国防军由二等中尉晋升至上校和陆军的陆军指挥官。他被任命为汤加国防军的联合作战指挥官直到2010年退役。在伊拉克自由行动期间，他曾被美国中央指挥总部(福罗里达州坦帕市)指选作为汤加国家高级代表，被选定为在跨国公司总部巴格达汤加联络官员，而后在2004年的伊拉克维和任务中，拉图被任命为汤加皇家海军特遣队指挥官。他被汤加政府选派为纽阿托普塔普岛应急处理中心的首席协调官同时在纽阿托普塔普岛早期的公路，戒毒所建设中，他也曾是联合特遣部队中的一员。</p><p>作为新西兰大学澳大利亚校的一名大学生，他获得了专业研究学士学位。他毕业于澳大利亚陆军指挥参谋学院并在堪培拉大学获得硕士学位。他还毕业于位于夏威夷檀香山的亚太安全研究中心。他曾在中国国防大学学习。他也就读于迪肯大学，在那里他被授予文学硕士(战略研究)。同时他也就职于澳洲国防战略研究中心。</p><p>他被授予的荣誉和奖项包括圣米迦勒及圣乔治勋章，长久服务奖章，功勋奖章，战功奖章和加冕勋章。</p></section></article>1397633400000环球网版权作品，未经书面授权，严禁转载或镜像，违者将被追究法律责任。责编：fangfang环球网139763340000011[]//himg2.huanqiucdn.cn/attachment2010/2014/0416/20140416033359706.jpg{"email":"fangfang@huanqiu.com","name":"fangfang"}