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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''. |
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''. |
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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 |
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. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/73860.htm|title=Department of State official biography of Mark C. Minton. Retrieved November 19, 2008}}</ref> |
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Mark C. Minton is a career member of the Foreign Service and since September 18, 2006 the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia.
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]