Leslie V. Rowe

{{Short description|American diplomat}}

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Leslie Ventura Rowe (born 1947){{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rowe-leslie-ventura |title=Leslie Ventura Rowe (1947–) |website=Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State |accessdate=12 January 2021}} is a retired career diplomat who served as the American Ambassador to Mozambique (2010-2012) as well as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2006-2009). In January 2013, she joined the new U.S. Office of Global Health Diplomacy.{{cite news |title=Q and A with Ambassador Leslie V Rowe, MA, MED |url=https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/may-june-2013/Pages/ambassador-leslie-rowe-global-health-diplomacy.aspx |accessdate=13 November 2019 |issue=3 |publisher=Fogarty International Center NiH |date=June 2013|volume=12 }} Previously, she was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.{{cite web |title=Rowe, Leslie V. |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/75494.htm |website=State Department Archive |accessdate=13 November 2019}}