Mark A. Pekala

Mark Andrew Pekala
United States Ambassador to Latvia
In office
July 10, 2012 – July 29, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJudith G. Garber
Succeeded byNancy Pettit
Personal details
Born (1959-08-21) August 21, 1959
Michigan, U.S.
SpouseMaria Rosaria Pekala
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Columbia University (master's degree in international affairs and Master of Philosophy degree in political science)

Mark Andrew Pekala[1] (born August 21, 1959) is a career foreign service officer who served as United States Ambassador to Latvia from 2012 to 2014, succeeding Judith G. Garber and being succeeded by Nancy Pettit.[2][3]

He's been married to fellow career diplomat Maria Rosaria Pekala (born Alongi) since 2000. He speaks French, Estonian, Polish and Russian.[3]

References

  1. ^ "WEDDINGS; Maria Alongi, Mark Pekala". The New York Times. 16 January 2000. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  2. ^ An Interview with Mark Pekala, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia
  3. ^ a b "Ambassador to Latvia: Who Is Mark Pekala?". AllGov. Retrieved 2019-05-20.

Media related to Mark Pekala at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.