Geeta Pasi | |
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United States Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
In office March 5, 2021 –February 25, 2022 [1] | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Michael A. Raynor |
Succeeded by | Ervin Jose Massinga |
Deputy Assistant Secretary (African Affairs) | |
In office October 22,2018 –January 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Stephanie S. Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Robert F. Godec |
United States Ambassador to Chad | |
In office September 9,2016 –September 20,2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | James Knight |
Succeeded by | Alexander M. Laskaris |
United States Ambassador to Djibouti | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | James C. Swan |
Succeeded by | Thomas P. Kelly III |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 (age 62–63) New York,U.S. |
Alma mater | Duke University (B.A.) New York University (M.A.) |
Geeta Pasi (born 1962) [2] is a retired American diplomat. She was the American ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014. [3] She was appointed American ambassador to Chad in June 2016 and served until 2018. [4] In September 2018,she left the ambassadorship to become Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. [5] [6]
On March 5,2021,Ambassador Geeta Pasi presented her credentials to President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia. [7]
As of February 25,2022,she has retired as ambassador.
Pasi was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1984 and completed a Master of Arts at New York University in 1986. [3]
Pasi was appointed ambassador to Djibouti by United States President Barack Obama in 2011. [8]
She had previously held a number of diplomatic positions including deputy Chef de mission at the United States embassy in Bangladesh from 2006 to 2009. [8]
On June 15,2020,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Pasi to be the next United States Ambassador to Ethiopia. [9] On June 18,2020,her nomination was sent to the Senate. [10] She appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 2 and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate in the early morning hours of December 22,2020. [11]