Michael E. Malinowski, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal on October 26, 2001. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Deputy Chief of Mission (Minister) at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Upon the departure of Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard, on July 24, 2000, Malinowski assumed charge of the Mission, the position he held until his departure in September 2001.

Prior to Manila, he served as Office Director for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs of the Department of State from 1997-98. From 1994-97 he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Mbabane, Swaziland, and Kathmandu, Nepal, from 1991-94. He was Special Assistant for Near East and South Asian Affairs and for Counterterrorism to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs (1989-91). For a short time in 1989, Mr. Malinowski served as Deputy to the President's Envoy to the Afghan Resistance. He was Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulates in Peshawar, Pakistan (1987-89) and in Maracaibo, Venezuela (1985-87). Mr. Malinowski also served in the Department of State as Political Affairs Analyst on South Asia (1983-85), at the U.S. embassies in Colombo, Sri Lanka (1980-83), Kabul, Afghanistan (1979-80), and in Mexico City (1976-78).

Mr. Malinowski received three individual Superior Honor Awards for his work in Kathmandu, on the Gulf War, and in Peshawar. He was included in two group Superior Honor Awards for his work in Kathmandu and Peshawar. He received a Meritorious Honor Award for his work as a Political Affairs Analyst on South Asia.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Malinowski worked as a social worker and teacher in Chicago before joining the Foreign Service in 1976.