The new US Ambassador to Mongolia

The new US Ambassador to Mongolia was appointed. The Honorable Pamela Slutz will be sworn in on July 18, 2003, at the US State Department. She is expected to take up her duties in Ulaanbaatar in August, replacing Ambassador John Dinger.

Pamela J.H. Slutz of Texas was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mongolia earlier this year. 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. 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 career, 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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