Marc M. Wall (born 1954) is an American diplomat. He was the

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Ambassador to

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

from 2004 to 2007.

Biography

Marc Wall was born in 1954. He later joined the U.S Foreign Service, overseeing posts as Director of the Bureau of African Affairs’ Economic Policy Staff in

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and overseas posts in the U.S. Embassies in

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and

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. Wall became affiliated with African issues in the course of several assignments with the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. Wall has also served several diplomatically in Asia. He served as Chief of the Economic Office,

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(AIT) and worked in the Trade Unit in the

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. He was involved in negotiations that led to China's and Taiwan's accessions to the

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(WTO). He later became Deputy Director of the Bureau of Asian and Pacific Affairs’ Office of Economic Policy in Washington, and was active in the development of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. He was also a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Council. Wall resides in Virginia and was appointed as United States Ambassador to Chad by President

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on May 12, 2004. He was confirmed on June 16, 2004, and left that post on July 5, 2007. Wall was previously married to the former United States Ambassador to Gabon and

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, Eunice S. Reddick. They have two children, Gregory and Sarah.

References

External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for ChadUnited States Department of State: ChadUnited States Embassy in N'Djamena
1954 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Chad United States Foreign Service personnel People of the American Institute in Taiwan {{US-diplomat-stub