Cameron Munter
| Cameron Munter | |
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| United States Ambassador to Pakistan | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Anne W. Patterson |
| United States Ambassador to Serbia | |
| In office 2007 – March 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 California |
| Spouse(s) | Marilyn Wyatt |
| Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Profession | Diplomat, Career Ambassador |
Cameron Phelps Munter (b: 1954) is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. He is the Ambassador to Pakistan.[1] Earlier, he was an advisor for political and military issues to Christopher R. Hill, US ambassador in Iraq.[2]
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[edit] Education and early career
Ambassador Munter was born in Claremont, California in 1954, graduating from Claremont High School in 1972, where he distinguished himself as a distance runner on the cross country and track teams. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the universities in Freiburg and Marburg in Germany. He received a doctoral degree in modern European history in 1983 from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He taught European history at the University of California in Los Angeles (1982-1984) and directed European Studies at the Twentieth Century Fund in New York (1984-1985) before joining the Foreign Service.
[edit] Career
Ambassador Munter was sworn-in as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia on July 26, 2007, succeeding Michael C. Polt and stayed in this position until 2009 when he was transferred to work in Iraq. A career Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador Munter was Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic from August 2005 to June 2007. He volunteered to lead the first Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mosul, Iraq, from January through July 2006, and then returned to Prague. He came to Prague from Warsaw, where he served as Deputy Chief of Mission from 2002 to 2005.
Before these assignments, in Washington, Ambassador Munter was Director for Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe at the National Security Council (1999-2001), Executive Assistant to the Counselor of the Department of State (1998-1999), Director of the Northern European Initiative (1998), and Chief of Staff in the NATO Enlargement Ratification Office (1997-1998).
He has also served overseas in Bonn (1995-1997), Prague (1992-1995), and Warsaw (1986-1988). His other domestic assignments include serving as Country Director for Czechoslovakia at the Department of State (1989-1991), Dean Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (1991), and Staff Assistant in the Bureau of European Affairs (1988-1989).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Senate Confirmation Hearing Statement By Ambassador-Designate Cameron Munter US Embassy in Islamabad. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ US Ambassador to Serbia overtakes a new duty in Iraq
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| Preceded by Anne W. Patterson |
United States Ambassador to Pakistan 2010 – |
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