Obama nominates FAS officer ambassador to Turkmenistan
June 04, 2014 | 01:25 PM
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate Allan Mustard, a career member of the Foreign Agricultural Service with the rank of career minister, as U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Mustard is agricultural minister-counselor at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, India, a position he has held since 2011.
Previously, he served as agricultural minister-counselor at the embassy in Mexico City from 2008 to 2011, and held the same post at the embassy in Moscow from 2003 to 2008.
Mustard also served as a fellow at the Senior Seminar in Foreign Relations at the State Department from 2002 to 2003, assistant deputy administrator for foreign agricultural affairs at FAS from 2000 to 2002, and agricultural counselor at the embassy in Vienna from 1996 to 2000.
In addition, he served as deputy director of the Emerging Democracies Office of the FAS from 1992 to 1996, deputy coordinator for the Eastern Europe and Soviet Secretariat of the FAS from 1990 to 1992, and agricultural trade officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey from 1988 to 1990.
He was the assistant agricultural attaché at the embassy in Moscow from 1986 to 1988, and an agricultural economist at the FAS from 1982 to 1986.
Mustard received an associate degree from Grays Harbor College, a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Washington, and an master of science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Mustard is agricultural minister-counselor at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, India, a position he has held since 2011.
Previously, he served as agricultural minister-counselor at the embassy in Mexico City from 2008 to 2011, and held the same post at the embassy in Moscow from 2003 to 2008.
Mustard also served as a fellow at the Senior Seminar in Foreign Relations at the State Department from 2002 to 2003, assistant deputy administrator for foreign agricultural affairs at FAS from 2000 to 2002, and agricultural counselor at the embassy in Vienna from 1996 to 2000.
In addition, he served as deputy director of the Emerging Democracies Office of the FAS from 1992 to 1996, deputy coordinator for the Eastern Europe and Soviet Secretariat of the FAS from 1990 to 1992, and agricultural trade officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey from 1988 to 1990.
He was the assistant agricultural attaché at the embassy in Moscow from 1986 to 1988, and an agricultural economist at the FAS from 1982 to 1986.
Mustard received an associate degree from Grays Harbor College, a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Washington, and an master of science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
