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Obama Names
Indian-American
Ambassador to
Djibouti
The US President Barack Obama has named Geeta
Pasi, an Indian-American, as US Ambassador to the
Republic of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
A graduate from Duke University and masters in
French Studies from New York University, Pasi
currently works as the Director of East African
Affairs in the Africa Bureau at the Department of
State. Before this, Pasi held the post of the Deputy
Chief of Mission at the US embassy Dhaka from
2006-2009.
Pasi has also served as Deputy Principal Officer at
the US Consulate General in Frankfurt; Political
Chief at Embassy Accra; Human Rights & Consular
Officer at Embassy Bucharest; and Political and
Economic Officer at US Consulate Douala. One of
her postings was as Political Military Officer at the
US embassy in New Delhi.
Pasi has also worked in Washington as Desk Officer
for Afghanistan and for Mali, Niger, and Burkina
Faso. She was also a Line Officer in the Executive
Secretariat.
President Obama, while announcing his intention
of nominating Pasi and three more people for
important administration posts said, “I am pleased
to announce that these experienced and committed
individuals have agreed to join this Administration,
and I look forward to working with them in the
months and years ahead”.
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