Mark C. Minton

Mark C. Minton

Mark C. Minton is a career member of the Foreign Service and was the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from 2006 to 2009.

Career

Minton began his Foreign Service career as a Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in 1977. He served on the Policy Planning Staff in Washington, D.C., followed by an assignment with the Office of Soviet Union Affairs. In 1984, he became the Consul General in Sapporo, Japan. He has served in subsequent assignments with the Department of State’s Executive Secretariat, as a Pearson Fellow with the United States Senate, and as Deputy Director, Japanese Affairs, at the Department of State.

In 1992, Minton became the Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, after which he returned to Washington as the Director of Korean Affairs. In 1998, he was appointed Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, followed by a year as Diplomat-in-Residence at the City College of New York.

Before becoming Ambassador to Mongolia, Minton was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea. During his assignment in Seoul, he acted for over six months as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.

Minton graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Literature and received his Master's degree in History from Yale University. He speaks Japanese and Korean. He also is a veteran of the United States Army, having served for three years. ^[1]

In May 2010 Minton was named president of the Korea Society.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Pamela J. H. Slutz	U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia 2006 – 2009	Succeeded by Jonathan Addleton

References

1. ^ "Department of State official biography of Mark C. Minton. Retrieved November 19, 2008". http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/73860.htm. 

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