Anne W. Patterson

Anne W. Patterson

Anne Woods Patterson (born 1949) is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations in 2005 and has served as United States Ambassador to Pakistan since May 2007.

Early life and education

Patterson was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College and her Master of Arts from the University 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 to Saudi Arabia from 1984 to 1988 and then as a Political Counselor at the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva 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 then United States Ambassador to Colombia 2000 to 2003. While ambassador to Colombia, Patterson and U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone were the alleged targets of a failed bomb plot while on an official visit to the Colombian town of Barrancabermeja. 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 after John Danforth resigned, effective January 20, 2005. An an extended delay in the confirmation of John R. Bolton by the Senate (ending when Bolton assumed the position on August 1, 2005, after a recess 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 President George W. Bush appointed Patterson as the new United States Ambassador to Pakistan after Ryan 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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