Patricia A. Butenis
| Patricia Agatha Butenis | |
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| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka | |
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In office August 19, 2009 – June 29, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| United States Ambassador to the Maldives | |
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In office August 19, 2009 – June 29, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| United States Ambassador to Bangladesh | |
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In office April 13, 2006 – June 23, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
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| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Patricia Agatha Butenis (born 1953) is an American diplomat. In 2014 she retired with the rank of Career Minister.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Columbia University.
Butenis' final career assignment was as the Dean of the School of Professional and Area Studies in the Foreign Service Institute. From 2009-2012, Butenis was the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the United States Ambassador to the Maldives. As the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad from 2007-2009 Butenis won the State Department's Baker-Wilkins Award as the Outstanding Deputy Chief of Mission (2008). She was the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh from April 13, 2006 – June 23, 2007, and deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad before that.
Butenis joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980 and has served consular tours in Karachi, Pakistan; San Salvador, El Salvador; New Delhi, India; and Bogotá, Colombia.
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