CHRISTOPHER R. HILL
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Ambassador Christopher R. Hill was sworn in as the
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea on July 23, 2004, and arrived
in the Republic of Korea on August 12, 2004.
Immediately preceding his appointment to the Republic
of Korea, Ambassador Hill was the Ambassador to Poland. Prior to
his appointment as Ambassador to Poland, he was the Special Assistant
to the President and Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs
for the National Security Council. His previous assignment was as
the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia and Special Envoy
for Kosovo. Before this assignment, Ambassador Hill served as the
Director for the Office of South Central European Affairs during
which time he was also a member of Ambassador Holbrooke's Bosnia
negotiating team.
Earlier in his Foreign Service career, Ambassador
Hill served in Belgrade, Warsaw, Seoul, Tirana and on the Department
of State's Policy Planning staff. As a staff member for Congressman
Stephen Solarz, he advised the Congressman on Eastern Europe. Previously,
he was the Department of State's Senior Country Officer for Poland.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador
Hill served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. He is a recipient
of several State Department awards including the Department's Distinguished
Service Award for his work on the Bosnia peace settlement and the
Robert S. Frasure Award for Peace Negotiations stemming from his
work on Kosovo. Ambassador Hill speaks Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and
some Macedonian and Albanian.
Ambassador Hill graduated from Bowdoin College in
Brunswick, Maine with a B.A. in Economics. He received a Master's
degree from the Naval War College in 1994. Ambassador Hill is married
to the former Patricia Whitelaw and has three children, Nathaniel,
Amy, and Clara.
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