Deputy Chief of Mission

Deputy Chief of Mission Mr. Mark A. Taplin

Mark Taplin is the Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, Romania.

He is a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of minister counselor. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980.

From 2002-2004, he served as Director for Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus at the U.S. Department of State.

He also served as Deputy Director of the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2001-2002) and Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine (1999-2001). His past overseas assignments also include two tours in Moscow, Russia as well as public diplomacy assignments in Brazil, Haiti and Mauritius.

He holds a bachelor's degree in humanities and international affairs from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master's degree in strategic studies from the University College of Wales (Aberystwyth). He is also the author of Open Lands: Travels Through Russia’s Once Forbidden Places (Steerforth Press, 1997).

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Mark Taplin este Adjunct al Sefului de Misiune, Ambasada Statelor Unite la Bucuresti, Romania.

Mark Taplin este diplomat de cariera, cu rang de ministru consilier. Dl. Taplin s-a alaturat diplomatiei americane in 1980.

In perioada 2002-2004, Mark Taplin a ocupat pozitia de Director pentru Ucraina, Moldova si Belarus, in cadrul Departamentului de Stat al S.U.A.

Mark Taplin a fost Director Adjunct al Biroului de Presa si Diplomatie Publica din cadrul Biroului Departamentului de Stat pentru Europa si Eurasia (2001-2002) si Consilier pentru Presa si Cultura in cadrul Ambasadei S.U.A. la Kiev, Ucraina (1999-2001). De asemenea, Mark Taplin a fost in misiuni diplomatice in Rusia, Brazilia, Haiti si Mauritius.

Mark Taplin este licentiat in stiinte umaniste si relatii internationale al Scolii de Diplomatie din cadrul Georgetown University; de asemenea, Mark Taplin are diploma de master in studii strategice de la University College of Wales (Aberystwyth). Mark Taplin este si autorul cartii Open Lands: Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places (Imperiul deschis: calatorii prin locuri cândva interzise), (Steerforth Press, 1997).

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