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President Bush nominates Larry Miles Dinger as new Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu

Embassy of the United States of America
Suva, Fiji
Saturday, May 14, 2005

President Bush nominates Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Fiji Islands and to serve concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, the Republic of Kiribati, and Tuvalu.

A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Dinger currently serves as the State Department's Senior Advisor to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He previously served as Chief of Mission in the Federated States of Micronesia. He has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kathmandu.

Earlier in his career, Ambassador Dinger served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'Affaires in Fiji. He earned his bachelor's degree from Macalester College, his J.D. from Harvard University and his master's degree from the National Defense University.