Mark Andrew Green
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| United States Ambassador to Tanzania | |
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In office September 12, 2007 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael Retzer |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso Lenhardt |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jay Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Steve Kagen |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
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In office 1993-1999 |
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June 1, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Green (1985-present) |
| Children | 3 |
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University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Mark Andrew Green (born June 1, 1960) is an American politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006, and held the post of United States Ambassador to Tanzania from August 2007 until January 2009. Since 2014, he has served as president of the International Republican Institute (IRI), and sits on the board of directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Green was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Jeremy and Elizabeth Green. His family moved often, and as a child he lived in Jersey City, New Jersey; Cincinnati, Ohio; England; South Africa; and Australia. He attended Abbot Pennings High School (now Notre Dame Academy) in De Pere, Wisconsin.
Green received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1983. and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987. In law school, he served as a managing editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and won the Justice Robert Jackson Award from the Washington, D.C. Foreign Law Society for "Best Published Student Writing on a Foreign Law Subject". Following graduation from law school, he joined the law firm Godfrey & Kahn S.C. at their Green Bay offices.
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