Arlene Render
| Arlene Render | |
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| 15th United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast | |
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In office 1 October 2001 – 23 July 2004 |
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| Nominated by | President George H. W. Bush |
| United States Ambassador to Zambia | |
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In office 2 July 1996 – 30 June 1999 |
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| Nominated by | President Bill Clinton |
| 12th United States Ambassador to the Gambia | |
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In office 22 October 1990 – 8 August 1993 |
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| Nominated by | President Bill Clinton |
| Personal details | |
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August 16, 1943 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | Alexandria, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
West Virginia State College (B.S.) University of Michigan (M.P.H.) |
| Occupation | Diplomat, ambassador |
Arlene Render (born August 16, 1943) is an American former diplomat. A officer of the United States Foreign Service, she served as the United States Ambassador to the Gambia, Zambia, and Ivory Coast. She was also noted for her role amidst the initial onset of the Rwandan Genocide.
Arlene Render was born in Cleveland in 1943. She received a Bachelor of Science from West Virginia State College in 1965 and a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan in 1967. Her first job was as a health educator for the City of Cleveland.
Render joined the United States Foreign Service in 1970, and at the time was one of only 37 African American Foreign Service Officers. A year later, she was sent to Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, to serve as Vice Consul. She remained there until 1973, when she was appointed Vice Consul in Tehran, Iran, and served until 1976. She was then stationed in Genoa, Italy as Consul from 1976–1978, and was then sent back to the US to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research to work as a political officer. After a year there, she was assigned to the Bureau of African Affairs to serve as an International Relations Officer, and served in that capacity until 1981. Between 1981–1984, Render was Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy to Zaire (now Congo) in Kinshasa, and in 1985 served as Consul General at the US Embassy to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in Kingston. She then was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy to Ghana in Accra and held that post from 1986–1989.
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