| 词条 | Pamela E. Bridgewater |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Pamela E. Bridgewater |honorific-suffix = |image = Pamela E Bridgewater ambassador.jpg |imagesize = |alt = |order = |ambassador_from = United States |country = Jamaica |term_start = December 1, 2010 |term_end = November 25, 2013 |predecessor = Sue McCourt Cobb |successor = Luis G. Moreno |president = Barack Obama |ambassador_from1 = United States |country1 = Ghana |term_start1 = June 21, 2005 |term_end1 = June 10, 2008 |predecessor1 = Mary Carlin Yates |successor1 = Donald G. Teitelbaum |president1 = George W. Bush |ambassador_from2 = United States |country2 = Benin |term_start2 = September 15, 2000 |term_end2 = December 10, 2002 |predecessor2 = Robert C. Felder |successor2 = Wayne E. Neill |president2 = George W. Bush |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|04|14}} |birth_place = Fredericksburg, Virginia |nationality = |party = |spouse = |residence = |alma_mater = Virginia State University; University of Cincinnati |occupation = Ambassador, professor |signature_alt = }}Pamela E. Bridgewater (born April 14, 1947) is a United States career diplomat, most recently posted as the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.[1][2] BiographyBridgewater was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the daughter of a bank teller and a jazz trumpeter,[3] and attended Walker-Grant High School.[4] She has two degrees in Political Science, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree from Virginia State University in 1968, and with a master of arts degree from the University of Cincinnati.[5] Her career was initially in teaching, working at Maryland universities Morgan State and Bowie State, and Voorhees College in South Carolina, before entering the U.S. Foreign Service in 1980. Between 1980 and 1990 she was posted as Vice-Consul to Brussels, and Labor Attaché/Political Officer in Kingston, Jamaica.[5][7] At the Department of State, Bridgewater was the longest-serving diplomat in South Africa,[1] posted as Political Officer at Pretoria from 1990 to 1993, and as the first African-American woman appointed Consul General at Durban, from 1993 to 1996.[1][3][7] Here she worked with Nelson Mandela during the transition of South Africa away from apartheid.[6] From 1996 to 1999 she was Deputy Chief of Mission in Nassau, Bahamas. Bridgewater was a member and president of the 42nd Senior Seminar, the U.S. Department of State's most prestigious professional development program, from 1999 to 2000, before serving as U.S. Ambassador to Benin from October 2000 to January 2003.[5] Subsequently, she was appointed U.S. deputy assistant secretary for African Affairs in December 2002, where she managed the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs' relationships with 16 countries in West Africa.[5][6] She served as Diplomat-in-Residence at Howard University in Washington, D.C., from September 2004 to May 2005. From June 2005 to July 2008 Bridgewater was the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. Recognition
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=4716|title=U.S. Ambassador Pamela E. Bridgewater to Address December Graduates at the University of Cincinnati|date=8 November 2006|publisher=University of Cincinnati |accessdate=2008-07-30}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://gbcghana.com/news/21120detail.html |title=Asantehene commends Pamela Bridgewater |date=2 July 2008 |publisher=GBC NEWS |accessdate=2008-07-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821071945/http://gbcghana.com/news/21120detail.html |archivedate=August 21, 2008 }} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.com/special-section/black-history/article_ef7ca244-2abb-5d33-92c2-bbd2c2932cc0.html |title=PROFILE: Pamela Bridgewater|last=Williams|first=Michael Paul|date=21 February 2005|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|accessdate=26 September 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/082007/08292007/308543|title=The go-to American in Ghana |last=Delano |first=Frank |date=August 29, 2007|publisher=The Free Lance-Star}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/b/8761.htm|title=Biography - Ambassador, Benin|date=March 14, 2002|publisher=U.S. State Department|accessdate=2008-07-30 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612222751/http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/b/8761.htm |archivedate = 2008-06-12}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.dom.com/about/education/strong/2004/bridgewater.jsp|title=Excellence in Leadership - 2004 Honoree|year=2004|publisher=Dominion Resources, Inc.|accessdate=2008-07-30|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621172502/http://www.dom.com/about/education/strong/2004/bridgewater.jsp|archivedate=2008-06-21|df=}} External links{{Commons category|Pamela E. Bridgewater}}
10 : 1947 births|Living people|African-American diplomats|Ambassadors of the United States to Benin|Ambassadors of the United States to Ghana|Ambassadors of the United States to Jamaica|American women diplomats|People from Fredericksburg, Virginia|University of Cincinnati alumni|Virginia State University alumni |
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