Mark Gitenstein

Mark H. Gitenstein. Official U.S. State Department photo

Mark Henry Gitenstein is the United States Ambassador to Romania. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 11, 2009 ^[1] and confirmed by the United States Senate on July 8, 2009.^[2]

Gitenstein is of Romanian heritage, as his grandparents were immigrants from Romania in the late 19th century.^[3][4] He went to high school at the private Indian Springs School in Indian Springs, Alabama, graduating in 1964.^[5] He is married to Elizabeth (Libby) Gitenstein and has three children and two grandsons.^[6]

He was previously a law partner at Mayer Brown, beginning in 1989^[7] and a "nonresident senior fellow" at the Brookings Institution.^[8] He was also on the advisory board for president-elect Barack Obama's presidential transition team.^[9] He was named as a leading choice to lead the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice.,^[10] but was rejected after public reports of his extensive work as a registered lobbyist for the US Chamber of Commerce. .^[11]

Prior to his work at Mayer Brown, Gitenstein served as Chief Counsel (1987–1989) and Minority Chief Counsel (1981–1987) to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, serving under then-Senator Joe Biden. Gitenstein also served as Counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1975–1978).^[7] He attended Duke University and Georgetown Law School.

References

1. ^ "Officially In: Mark Gitenstein to Bucharest". http://diplopundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/officially-in-mark-gitenstein-to.html. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
2. ^ "Mark Gitenstein, Confirmed as US Ambassador to Romania". http://www.actmedia.eu/2009/07/13/top+story/mark+gitenstein,+confirmed+as+us+ambassador+to+romania/21778. Retrieved 2009-07-25. 
3. ^ "U.S. Nominated Ambassador To Romania To Focus On Corruption, International Adoptions". www.mediafax.ro. http://www.mediafax.ro/english/u-s-nominated-ambassador-to-romania-to-focus-on-corruption-international-adoptions-4623812. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
4. ^ "Mark Gitenstein: Biography". http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128696.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
5. ^ "Alumni Tour to Romania". http://www.indiansprings.org/romaniatour. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
6. ^ Biography of Ambassador Mark H. Gitenstein
7. ^ ^{a b} "Mayer Brown - Mark H. Gitenstein". http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=G511583567. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
8. ^ "Contributors". http://www.brookings.edu/projects/opportunity08/Opp08contributors.aspx. 
9. ^ "Obama Names Transition Team". http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/11/05/obama-names-transition-team.html. Retrieved 2008-11-06. 
10. ^ "More Names Emerge for Key DOJ Slots". http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/01/more-names-emerge-for-key-doj-slots.html. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 
11. ^ Kamen, Al (2009-02-27). "Undone Deal". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/26/AR2009022603391.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 

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