Ambassador Philip N. Remler took up his duties as Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 19 December 2007 after a career as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department. Prior to his appointment, he served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow.

Ambassador Remler joined the State Department in 1983. Other postings include positions in the State Department and the National Security Council on Iraq, the Policy Planning Staff and at the U.S. Embassy to Georgia where he served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires. He worked closely with the OSCE Minsk Group on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict when he served as Deputy Head of the State Department Office of the Special Negotiator for Regional Conflicts. He also served as the first political officer with the OSCE Assistance Group in Chechnya. Earlier in his career he served in Turkey, the USSR and Azerbaijan.