Rozanne L. Ridgway

Rozanne L. Ridgway
Ridgway in 2010
14th Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
In office
July 19, 1985 – June 30, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byRichard Burt
Succeeded byRaymond Seitz
United States Ambassador to East Germany
In office
January 26, 1983 – July 13, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byHerbert Okun
Succeeded byFrancis Meehan
19th Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
March 20, 1980 – February 24, 1981
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byMatthew Nimetz
Succeeded byRobert McFarlane
United States Ambassador to Finland
In office
August 5, 1977 – February 20, 1980
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byMark Austad
Succeeded byJames Goodby
Personal details
Born
Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway

(1935-08-22) August 22, 1935 (age 89)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materHamline University

Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (born August 22, 1935) is an American diplomat who served 32 years with the U.S. State Department, holding several posts, including ambassador to Finland and to East Germany, and finished her career as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs.

Ridgway has been an American foreign policy leader since the Richard Nixon administration. She has acted as an international negotiator on behalf of the United States.