Gayleatha B. Brown
| Gayleatha B. Brown | |
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| United States Ambassador to Benin | |
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In office July 25, 2006 – 2009 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Wayne E. Neill |
| Succeeded by | James Knight |
| United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso | |
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In office August 4, 2009 – 2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jeanine E. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dougherty |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1947 Matewan, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 2013 (aged 65) Edison, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (June 20, 1947 – April 19, 2013) was a United States foreign service officer and ambassador. She has served in several diplomatic posts during her career with the U.S. Department of State including U.S. ambassador to Benin.
President Obama nominated Brown for the ambassadorial post to Burkina Faso on July 2, 2009. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 4.
Brown was educated in the Red Jacket Elementary School, Matewan Elementary and High Schools in Mingo County, West Virginia. She graduated from high school at Edison High School in Edison, New Jersey. She has BA and MA honor degrees from Howard University. She conducted post-graduate work in international relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
Before joining the Department of State, Ambassador Brown was a Special Assistant to the Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Africa and a legislative assistant in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress.
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