Mark Boulware Explained

Mark Boulware
Office:United States Ambassador to Liberia
Acting
President:Barack Obama
Term Start:December 19, 2015
Term End:April 18, 2016
Predecessor:Deborah Malac
Successor:Christine Elder
Office1:United States Ambassador to Chad
President1:Barack Obama
Term Start1:November 10, 2010
Term End1:July 25, 2013
Predecessor1:Louis Nigro
Successor1:James Knight
Office2:United States Ambassador to Mauritania
President2:George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Term Start2:November 22, 2007
Term End2:May 6, 2010
Predecessor2:Joseph LeBaron
Successor2:Jo Powell
Alma Mater:Midwestern State University
United States Army War College

Mark Boulware (born 1948) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Chad from 2010 to 2013.[1] He also served as the United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2007 until 2010.[2]

Mr. Boulware was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1948.[3] He studied at the University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany in Rennes, France and at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he earned a BA (1971) and MA (1974). He graduated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1994. He is a recipient of the Department of State's Superior Honor Award, Senior Performance Pay Award and three Meritorious Honor Awards, as well as NASA's "Silver Snoopy" award. He was awarded the Pedro Ernesto Medal of Merit by the city of Rio and the Tamandaré Medal of Merit by the Brazilian Navy.

Mark Boulware was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on July 26, 2007 and confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 2007. He presented his credentials to President Abdallahi on November 22, 2007. He became the United States Ambassador to Chad on September 8, 2010.[4] A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, he most recently served as Faculty Advisor at the National War College. He was previously assigned as Diplomat in Residence at Florida International University, in Miami, Florida.

Earlier overseas postings were as U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2001 to July 2004, Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in San Salvador (1999–2001), Deputy Chief of Mission in Yaoundé, Cameroon (concurrently accredited to Equatorial Guinea) from 1996 to 1999; as Administrative Counselor in Bamako, Mali (1994–1996) and Gaborone, Botswana (1990–1993); as Administrative Officer in Banjul, The Gambia (1987–1989); as Supervisory General Services Officer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1985–1987); as Consular Officer in Maracaibo, Venezuela (1982–1985); and as General Services Officer in Jakarta, Indonesia (1980–1982).[3]

Domestically, he was detailed to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Pearson Fellow (1989–1990), working for Congressman Dante Fascell. Before joining the Foreign Service in 1980, Mr. Boulware was a commissioned officer in the United States Army. He served tours of duty in Pirmasens, Germany and Hawthorne, Nevada, leaving active service as a captain.

He is an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro and an honorary chief of the Nso people of Cameroon. He is proficient in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Indonesian.

Sources

This article incorporates work from https://web.archive.org/web/20100527092947/http://mauritania.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html and https://web.archive.org/web/20100528140429/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/104222.htm, which are in the public domain as they are works of the United States Government.

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Notes and References

  1. http://diplopundit.blogspot.com/2010/08/officially-in-mark-m-boulware-to.html Officially In: Mark M. Boulware to N'Djamena | Diplopundit
  2. https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/104222.htm Public Domain biography on state.gov
  3. Web site: Charge d'Affaires . Embassy of the United States in Monrovia . March 21, 2016 . March 21, 2016 . https://archive.today/20160321150830/http://monrovia.usembassy.gov/cda.html.
  4. http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Ambassador_to_Chad__Who_is_Mark_Boulware_110101 Appointments and Resignations - Ambassador to Chad: Who is Mark Boulware? - AllGov - News