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Mark Bezner
Charge d'Affaires
Republic of Palau
Term of Appointment: 10/21/2006 to present

In his more than 20 years with the U.S. Department of State, Mr. Bezner has served in Sudan, Japan (twice), Washington, Turkey, Laos and China. During his sole assignment to the Department in 1990-1991, he served as Desk Officer in the Office of Freely Associated States Affairs where he was the country officer for the Federated States of Micronesia. During that period he spent several months in Micronesia, and visited the RMI, the FSM and Palau.

Mr. Bezner is a Management Officer, but has also served as a Vice Consul, a Commercial Officer and an Interfunctional Officer. In addition to English he speaks Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Turkish. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.