Judith Fergin
{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1951)}}
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| name = Judith R. Fergin
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| office = United States Ambassador to East Timor
| term_start = September 9, 2010
| term_end = September 20, 2013
| predecessor = Hans G. Klemm
| successor = Karen Clark Stanton
| president = Barack Obama
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| birth_name = Judith Ryan Fergin
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| alma_mater = Smith College (B.A.)
University of Virginia (M.A.)
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Judith Ryan Fergin (born 1951) is an American diplomat who was the United States ambassador to East Timor.{{cite web |title=Ambassador to Timor-Leste: Who Is Judith Fergin? |url=http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Ambassador_to_Timor_Leste__Who_Is_Judith_Fergin_101023 |publisher=allgov.com |accessdate=2010-11-28|quote=}} Her term of appointment began on September 9, 2010, succeeding Hans G. Klemm, and ended in 2013.
Biography
Fergin received a B.A. degree from Smith College and M.A. degrees from the University of Virginia and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces of the National Defense University.
She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She was previously Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy Singapore and Consul General in Sydney, Australia. She has also served as Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra and the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, as well as in overseas posts in Russia, Liberia, South Africa, and Germany.{{cite web |title= Biography, Judith Fergin |url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/146961.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128051848/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/146961.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-11-28 |publisher=United States Department of State |accessdate=2010-10-31}}
Honours
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External links
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- [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fergin-judith Judith Fergin (1951–)], Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
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Category:University of Virginia alumni
Category:Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Timor-Leste
Category:Recipients of the Order of Timor-Leste
Category:United States Foreign Service personnel
Category:American women ambassadors
Category:21st-century American diplomats
Category:21st-century American women
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