Anne W. Patterson
Anne Woods Patterson (born 1949 in Fort Smith, Arkansas), was the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005.
On May 2007, Patterson was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Pakistan.
Foreign Service
A career diplomat, Patterson entered the Foreign Service in 1973 after attending Wellesley College (class of 1971) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After a number of assignments, she was named United States [Ambassador to El Salvador in 1997.
From 2000 to 2003, she was United States Ambassador to Colombia. She served as Deputy Inspector General of the Department of State from 2003 to 2004. In August 2004, she was appointed America's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
In 2000 while she was Ambassador to Colombia, she and Senator Paul Wellstone were the alleged targets of a failed bomb plot while on an official visit to the Colombian town of Barrancabermeja.
United Nations
She took over as Ambassador after former Ambassador Senator John Danforth resigned, effective on January 20 2005, and continued until John Bolton assumed the position on August 1 of the same year.
On March 7 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Bolton to become the permanent U.N. Ambassador. The lengthy delay in Bolton's confirmation by the U.S. Senate meant that Patterson continued to operate as the acting ambassador beyond the expected time. Her term finally ended when President Bush installed Bolton via a recess appointment.
Following Ryan Crocker's appointment as the new US ambassador to Iraq, President Bush appointed Patterson as the new US ambassador to Pakistan in May 2007.
Personal Life
She is married to David R. Patterson, a retired Foreign Service officer. The couple have two children. On November 28, 2005, she was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
External links
- Anne W. Patterson at the Notable Names Database
- UN Biography
- CNN story about the Barrancabermeja bomb plot
- Government biography
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by Alan H. Flanigan |
United
States Ambassador to El Salvador 16 May 1997–15 July 2000 |
Succeeded by Rose M. Likins |
| Preceded by ' |
United States Ambassador to
Columbia 2000–2003 |
Succeeded by ' |
| Preceded by John Danforth |
United States Ambassador to the United Nations 2005(a) |
Succeeded by John R. Bolton |
| Preceded by Ryan Crocker |
United States
Ambassador to Pakistan May 2007-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| United States Ambassadors to the United Nations | |
|---|---|
| Stettinius • Austin • Lodge • Wadsworth • Stevenson • Goldberg • Ball • Wiggins • Yost • Bush • Scali • Moynihan • Scranton • Young • McHenry • Kirkpatrick • Walters • Pickering • Perkins • Albright • Richardson • Holbrooke • Negroponte • Danforth • Bolton • Khalilzad |  →  |
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