- Anne W. Patterson
Anne Woods Patterson (born
1949 ) is an Americandiplomat and careerForeign Service Officer . She served as actingUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and has served asUnited States Ambassador to Pakistan since May 2007.Early life and education
Patterson was born in
Fort Smith, Arkansas . She received herBachelor of Arts degree fromWellesley College and her Master of Arts from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .Career
Patterson entered the Foreign Service in 1973.
She served as a
US State Department Economic Officer and Counselor toSaudi Arabia from 1984 to 1988 and then as a Political Counselor at the United States Mission to the United Nations inGeneva from 1988 to 1991.Patterson served as State Department Director for the Andean Countries from 1991 to 1993. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs from 1993 to 1996.
Patterson served as
United States Ambassador to El Salvador from 1997 to 2000, and thenUnited States Ambassador to Colombia 2000 to 2003. While ambassador toColombia , Patterson and U.S. SenatorPaul Wellstone were the alleged targets of a failed bomb plot while on an official visit to the Colombian town ofBarrancabermeja . From 2003 to 2004 Patterson served as Deputy Inspector General of the US State Department.In August 2004, Patterson was appointed America's Deputy Permanent Representative to the
United Nations . Patterson became acting Ambassador to the United Nations afterJohn Danforth resigned, effective January 20, 2005. An an extended delay in the confirmation ofJohn R. Bolton by the Senate (ending when Bolton assumed the position on August 1, 2005, after arecess appointment ) caused Patterson to served as interim ambassator longer than expected.Patterson became
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on November 28, 2005, serving until May 2007, when PresidentGeorge W. Bush appointed Patterson as the newUnited States Ambassador to Pakistan afterRyan Crocker left that post to become Ambassador to Iraq.Personal life
Patterson is married to David R. Patterson, a retired Foreign Service officer. The couple have two children.
External links
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/12/01/colombia.wellstone.03/ CNN story about the Barrancabermeja bomb plot]
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/88177.htm Government biography]
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