country predecessor successor president profession ambassador_from term_start image article_title term_end name
mongolia donald c. johnson john r. dinger bill clinton diplomat , career ambassador united states december 1997 us-deptofstate-seal . svg alphonse f. laporta
 november 2000 alphonse f. laporta
alphonse f. laporta

alphonse f. la porta , a career member of the senior foreign service , served as u.s. ambassador to mongolia from december 1997 to november 2000 .
subsequently , he served as the political advisor to the u.s. commander-in-chief of the regional headquarters allied forces in southern europe from january 2001 to november 2003 .
