Mark Toner

Mark Toner
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Acting
In office January 20, 2017 – April 24, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	John Kirby
Succeeded by	Heather Nauert
Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
In office June 1, 2015 – May 2017
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Marie Harf
In office May 2011 – June 2013 Acting: January 2010 – April 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Robert A. Wood
Succeeded by	Marie Harf
Personal details
Born	United States
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame Industrial College of the Armed Forces

Mark C. Toner is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Spokesperson for the United States Department of State.

Toner attended the University of Notre Dame and National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia.

As a career Foreign Service Officer, Toner served overseas in West Africa and Europe. Toner was the Information Officer in Dakar, Senegal, the Public Affairs Officer in Krakow, Poland, and the Spokesman for the U.S. Mission to NATO, in Brussels, Belgium. In Washington, Toner worked as a senior advisor for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; as a Senior Watch Officer in the Department’s Operations Center; and as the Director of the European Bureau’s Press and Public Outreach Division.

Toner was Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department from 2010 to 2013, serving with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland. Toner became Deputy Spokesperson again on June 1, 2015. Following John Kirby's departure as the Department's chief Spokesperson on January 20, 2017, Toner became Acting Spokesperson. He announced the pass of the spokesperson baton to Heather Nauert on April 27, 2017.

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