Consulate-General of Mongolia in Chicago

Consulate-General in the United States

Mongolia's consulate in Chicago, United States, listed in Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list as the Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago, at Unit 405, 1111 Plaza Dr, Schaumburg, IL 60173, with T. Battsetseg as chief of mission (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list, dated 1 September 2024). University reporting gives the holder's full name as Battsetseg Tuvshintugs, Consul of Mongolia in Chicago, and her Decode profile records the post from 2021 (Indiana University, 12 April 2024).

Parliament approved opening a consulate in Chicago on 6 July 2021, to make consular services more accessible to more than 8,000 Mongolians residing in the city and to those in neighbouring states, as Mongolia's third diplomatic mission in the United States after the embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Consulate General in San Francisco (Asia Matters for America, East-West Center). The consulate officially opened in March 2022 (MONTSAME News Agency, cited in the Embassy of Mongolia, Washington, D.C. record).

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Tuvshintugsiin Battsetseg

Consul in Chicago - named as T. Battsetseg, chief of mission, in Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list (Consul.mn), and in full as Battsetseg Tuvshintugs, Consul of Mongolia in Chicago, by Indiana University on 12 April 2024 and as Mongolia's first career consul in the Midwestern region by the Mongolia Society in April 2024; her profile records the Chicago consul post from 2021

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Ganzorig Tseden-Ish

Vice Consul in Chicago - named as Vice Consul Ganzorig Tseden-Ish of the Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago on its visit to Indiana University on 12 April 2024 (Indiana University, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center)

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William G. Pintas

Honorary Consul General in Chicago (earlier honorary post) - named as William G. Pintas, Honorary Consul General, at the Mongolian Honorary Consulate General in Chicago, 368 West Huron Street, Suite 100, Chicago IL 60654 (EmbassyPages, Mongolian Consulate General in Chicago listing)

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RECORD

Mission listing - DOCUMENTED

Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list records the Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago, United States of America, with T. Battsetseg as chief of mission, at Unit 405, 1111 Plaza Dr, Schaumburg, IL 60173 (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list, dated 1 September 2024).

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Parliament approval to open the consulate - 6 July 2021 - DOCUMENTED

On 6 July 2021 Mongolia's parliament approved a draft resolution on opening a consulate in Chicago. Asia Matters for America, citing the foreign ministry and parliament, reported the post would serve more than 8,000 Mongolians in Chicago and those in neighbouring states, would become Mongolia's third mission in the United States after Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, and noted three Mongolian schools, 20 civil and community associations and over 50 Mongolian-owned companies registered in the city (Asia Matters for America, East-West Center).

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Official opening - March 2022 - DOCUMENTED

Mongolia maintains consulates in Chicago, officially opened in March 2022, and San Francisco, in addition to its embassy in Washington, D.C. (Embassy of Mongolia, Washington, D.C. record, citing MONTSAME News Agency, 'Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago officially opens').

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Visit to Indiana University - 12 April 2024 - DOCUMENTED

On 12 April 2024 the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and the Mongolia Society hosted Consul Battsetseg Tuvshintugs and Vice Consul Ganzorig Tseden-Ish from the Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago at Indiana University Bloomington. Consul Battsetseg lectured on Mongolian immigration to the United States and the Midwest, and on the consulate's work for the diaspora, including plans for a community centre in Prospect Heights and cooperation with community groups and Mongolian-owned businesses (Indiana University, 12 April 2024).

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The earlier honorary consulate-general - DOCUMENTED

Before the career consulate opened, Chicago was served by an honorary consulate-general: EmbassyPages lists the Mongolian Honorary Consulate General in Chicago at 368 West Huron Street, Suite 100, Chicago IL 60654, with William G. Pintas as Honorary Consul General (EmbassyPages, Consulate General of Mongolia in Chicago).

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