Mark C. Minton (born 1944) is career member (retired) of the United States Foreign Service and served as the U.S.

He was formerly president of the Korea Society from 2010 to 2015 [1] and then joined the faculty of the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

He served on the Policy Planning Staff in Washington, D.C., followed by an assignment with the Office of Soviet Union Affairs.

In 1998, he was appointed minister-counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, followed by a year as diplomat-in-residence at the City College of New York.

[3] Before becoming ambassador to Mongolia, Minton was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea.