Press Releases 2007
Ambassador Patterson Presents Credentials To The President Of Pakistan
07/31/2007Islamabad – The new U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W. Patterson, presented her credentials to the President of Pakistan at a formal ceremony held at the Presidential Palace here in the capital today.
On her arrival at the palace, Aiwan-e-Sadr, the American ambassador was driven in a horse-drawn carriage to a dais where a trumpet sounded the fanfare before the military band played the national anthems of both United States and Pakistan. She then inspected the guard of honor of the Pakistani Army before she was escorted to present her credentials to President Pervez Musharraf.
“It’s a great honor to serve in Pakistan,” Ambassador Patterson remarked afterwards. “I look forward to working with Pakistanis to continue building our strong and important partnership.”
Ambassador Anne W. Patterson was confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan by the United States Senate on June 28, 2007. She took the oath of her office at a simple ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on July 6.
Prior to her assignment to Pakistan, Ambassador Patterson served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Ambassador Patterson also served as the Deputy Permanent Representative and Acting Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 2004 to 2005.
A Career Minister in the Foreign Service of the United States, Ambassador Patterson has also served as the Deputy Inspector General of the Department of State from 2003 to 2004, Ambassador to Colombia from 2000 to 2003, and Ambassador to El Salvador from 1997 to 2000.
Ambassador Patterson was born in the U.S. state of Arkansas. She graduated from Wellesley College and attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina. She is married and has two sons.