Anne W. Patterson

Anne Woods Patterson
Official portrait, 2011
23rd Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
In office
December 23, 2013 – January 6, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyGerald M. Feierstein
Preceded byJeffrey D. Feltman
Succeeded byDavid Schenker
United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office
August 18, 2011 – August 31, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMargaret Scobey
Succeeded byRobert S. Beecroft
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
July 31, 2007 – September 5, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRyan Crocker
Succeeded byCameron Munter
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
(Acting)
In office
January 20, 2005 – August 2, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Danforth
Succeeded byJohn R. Bolton
9th Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
In office
November 28, 2005 – June 22, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRobert B. Charles
Succeeded byDavid T. Johnson
Inspector General of the Department of State
(Acting)
In office
September 28, 2003 – August 3, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAnne Sigmund (Acting)
Succeeded byJohn E. Lange (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
August 24, 2000 – June 11, 2003
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byCurtis Warren Kamman
Succeeded byWilliam Braucher Wood
United States Ambassador to El Salvador
In office
May 16, 1997 – July 15, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byAlan H. Flanigan
Succeeded byRose M. Likins
Personal details
Born
Anne Woods

(1949-10-04) October 4, 1949 (age 75)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
SpouseDavid Patterson
Children2
EducationWellesley College (BA)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Anne Woods Patterson (born 1949) is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Egypt until 2013 and as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from July 2007 to October 2010.[1]

  1. ^ "Biography provided at the US Dept. of State website". Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2013.