Mongolia News: New US Ambassador Arrives
By Ch. Sumyabazar TheUBPost, 05 Sep 2003
Newly-appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia, Pamela J. Slutz, arrived in Ulaanbaatar on August 28, 2003, replacing former Ambassador John Dinger.
"It is good to be back in Mognolia. My husband, Ronald Deutch, and I are very pleased to have this opportunity to live and work in Mongolia once again," she said in her arrival statement last week.
"Mongolia is a valued friend and partner of the United States. In the sixteen years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the United States and Mongolia have developed a close and multi-faceted relationship. I am proud to have played a role during the past eight years in achieving some of our common objectives, from membership for Mongolia in the ASEAN Regional Forum to empowering Mongolian women," she said.
"The United States' overwhelming interest is to help the Mongolian people succeed in their transition from authoritarianism to a democracy bolstered by a market-based economy that respects human rights and adheres to the rule of law and honest governance," she also added.
Ms. Pamela J. Slutz was nominated by US President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate in March, 2003. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, she has served as Deputy Director of the American Institute in Taiwan since September, 2001. Prior to that assignment, she was a Political Officer in Jakarta, Indonesia. Previously, she served as Director of the Office of Regional Security Policy for the Bureau of East Asian Affairs, and as Deputy Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs. Earlier in her carreer, she worked as Political Officer in Shanghai and Kinshasa.
Ms. Slutz is a graduate of Hollins College (VA), and earned her master's degree from the University of Hawaii. Her husband, Mr. Ron Deutch, is a retired career Foreign Service officer who previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Ulaanbaatar.
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