Geeta Pasi

{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1962)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Geeta Pasi

|image = Geeta Pasi official photo.jpg

|order =

|ambassador_from = United States

|country = Ethiopia

|president = Joe Biden

|term_start = March 5, 2021

|term_end = February 25, 2022{{cite web | url=https://et.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ | title=Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson }}

|succeeding =

|predecessor = Michael A. Raynor

|successor = Ervin Jose Massinga

|office1 = Deputy Assistant Secretary
(African Affairs)

|president1 = Donald Trump

|term_start1 = October 22, 2018

|term_end1 = January 2021

|predecessor1 = Stephanie S. Sullivan

|successor1 = Robert F. Godec

|office2 = United States Ambassador to Chad

|president2 = Barack Obama
Donald Trump

|term_start2 = September 9, 2016

|term_end2 = September 20, 2018

|predecessor2 = James Knight

|successor2 = Alexander M. Laskaris

|office3 = United States Ambassador to Djibouti

|president3 = Barack Obama

|term_start3 = 2011

|term_end3 = 2014

|predecessor3 = James C. Swan

|successor3 = Thomas P. Kelly III

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

|birth_place = New York, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse =

|alma_mater = Duke University (B.A.)
New York University (M.A.)

}}

Geeta Pasi (born 1962)[https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pasi-geeta Geeta Pasi profile], state.gov; accessed March 26, 2018. is a retired American diplomat. She was the American ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web|url=http://djibouti.usembassy.gov/bio.html|title=Ambassador Geeta Pasi|publisher=United States Department of State|access-date=September 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005110758/http://djibouti.usembassy.gov/bio.html|archive-date=October 5, 2012|url-status=dead}} She was appointed American ambassador to Chad in June 2016 and served until 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/1384|title=PN1384 – Nomination of Geeta Pasi for Department of State, 114th Congress (2015–2016)|date=June 29, 2016|website=www.congress.gov}} In September 2018, she left the ambassadorship to become Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.{{Cite web |url=https://td.usembassy.gov/ambassador-geeta-pasi-named-to-senior-position-at-the-department-of-state-in-washington-d-c/ |title=Ambassador Geeta Pasi Named to Senior Position at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. | U.S. Embassy in Chad |access-date=2018-09-28 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000435/https://td.usembassy.gov/ambassador-geeta-pasi-named-to-senior-position-at-the-department-of-state-in-washington-d-c/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://td.usembassy.gov/ambassador-pasi-highlights-u-s-engagement-in-chad-in-farewell-address/ |title=Ambassador Pasi Highlights U.S. Engagement in Chad in Farewell Address | U.S. Embassy in Chad |access-date=2018-09-28 |archive-date=2018-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929010356/https://td.usembassy.gov/ambassador-pasi-highlights-u-s-engagement-in-chad-in-farewell-address/ |url-status=dead }}

On March 5, 2021, Ambassador Geeta Pasi presented her credentials to President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia.{{cite news |url=http://www.tadias.com/03/10/2021/update-new-u-s-ambassador-to-ethiopia-ms-geeta-pasi-visits-tigray/ |title=UPDATE: New U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Ms. Geeta Pasi Visits Tigray |date=March 10, 2021 |magazine=Tadias Magazine |access-date=March 13, 2021}}

As of February 25, 2022, she has retired as ambassador.