Ambassador of the United States to Mongolia
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Richard L. Buangan
since November 17, 2022
NominatorThe President of the United States
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holderSteven Mann
as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
FormationApr 17, 1988
WebsiteU.S. Embassy - Ulaanbaatar

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Mongolia. The United States established diplomatic relations with then-People's Republic of Mongolia on January 27, 1987. The embassy in Ulaanbaatar was opened Apr 17, 1988, with Steven Mann as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Richard Llewellyn Williams was the first ambassador to the Republic, and resided in the District of Columbia. The current Mongolian ambassador to the United States is Batbayar Ulziidelger, who succeeded Otgonbayar Yondon when he presented credentials on December 1, 2021. The U.S. maintains its embassy in Ulaanbaatar.[1][2]

Ambassadors

U.S. diplomatic terms

Career FSO
After 1915, The United States Department of State began classifying ambassadors as career Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) for those who have served in the Foreign Service for a specified amount of time.

Political appointee
A person who is not a career foreign service officer, but is appointed by the president (often as a reward to political friends).

Appointed
The date that the ambassador took the oath of office; also known as "commissioning". It follows confirmation of a presidential appointment by the Senate, or a Congressional recess appointment by the president. In the case of a recess appointment, the ambassador requires subsequent confirmation by the Senate to remain in office.

Presented credentials
The date that the ambassador presented his letter of credence to the head of state or appropriate authority of the receiving nation. At this time the ambassador officially becomes the representative of his country. This would normally occur a short time after the ambassador's arrival on station. The host nation may reject the ambassador by not receiving the ambassador's letter, but this occurs only rarely.

Terminated mission
Usually the date that the ambassador left the country. In some cases a letter of recall is presented, ending the ambassador's commission, either as a means of diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and replaced by another envoy.

Chargé d'affaires
The person in charge of the business of the embassy when there is no ambassador commissioned to the host country.

Ad interim
Latin phrase meaning "for the time being", "in the meantime".
Name Portrait Career status Presentation

of credentials

Termination of mission Comment
Richard Llewellyn Williams Foreign Service officer 11-Jul-1988 27-June-1990
Joseph Edward Lake Foreign Service officer 27-June-1990 30-Aug-1993
Donald C. Johnson Foreign Service officer 02-Aug-1993 16-Aug-1996
Llewellyn Hedgbeth Foreign Service officer Aug-26-1996 Dec-1997 Chargé d'Affaires ad interim[3]
Alphonse F. La Porta Foreign Service officer 24-Oct-1997 03-Nov-2000
John R. Dinger Foreign Service officer 14-Jun-2000 20-Jan-2003
Pamela J. H. Slutz Foreign Service officer 04-Sep-2003 08-Sep-2006
Mark C. Minton Foreign Service officer 20-Sep-2006 21-Sep-2009
Jonathan Addleton Foreign Service officer 09-Nov-2009 1-Aug-2012
Piper Campbell Foreign Service officer 24-Aug-2012 07-Aug-2015
Jennifer Zimdahl Galt Foreign Service officer 05-Oct-2015 10-Nov-2017[4]
Michael S. Klecheski Foreign Service officer 22-Feb-2019[5] 24-Sep-2022
Richard L. Buangan Foreign Service Officer November 17, 2022 Present

See also

References

  1. ^ "US Ambassador to Mongolia".
  2. ^ United States Department of State State Dep't List
  3. ^ Hanna, Jeff (December 21, 2011). "Quite a Career". The Columns. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. ^ "U.S. Ambassador Galt to Depart Mongolia". U.S. Department of State. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "The U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Michael S. Klecheski presented his credentials today". U.S. Department of State. February 22, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

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