Patricia A. Mahoney

Mahoney earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Harvard College in 1981. In 1988, she earned a Master of Arts from the University of Hawaiʻi. Mahoney attended the National War College from 2008 to 2009, becoming a Distinguished Graduate as she received her Master of Science in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/m/dghr/coc/285933.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043259/https://www.state.gov/m/dghr/coc/285933.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2019 |title=Mahoney, Patricia Alice - Republic of Benin - September 2018 |website=U.S. Department of State |access-date=2 March 2019}}

Mahoney's career in the United States Foreign Service has included both domestic and international assignments. From 2001 to 2004, she served as political and economic chief at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, before becoming political chief at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where she remained until 2006. Mahoney then served as director for South Asia for the United States National Security Council from 2006 to 2008.

Following her graduation from the National War College, she became deputy director in the Office of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Affairs in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs until 2010, when she became deputy chief of mission at the American Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she served for three years. From 2013 to 2016, Mahoney was deputy chief of mission of the American Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. She then became the director of the Office of Mainland Southeast Asia from 2016 to 2018.

In 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Mahoney to become United States Ambassador to Benin. The Senate approved her nomination on January 2, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2019/01/02/CREC-2019-01-02.pdf|title=U.S. Congressional Record "Nominations Confirmed" 2 January 2019}} She was sworn into office January 18, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://bj.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/ |title=Ambassador Patricia Mahoney |website=U.S. Embassy in Benin |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-25}} Mahoney presented her credentials in Benin on July 4, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mahoney-patricia |title=Patricia Mahoney (?–) |website=Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State |language=en-US |access-date=2019-09-23}}

On July 27, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Mahoney to be the United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Nine Key Nominations |date=July 27, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/27/president-biden-announces-nine-key-nominations/ |access-date=July 29, 2021}} Her nomination was sent to the Senate the following day.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=July 28, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/28/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-28/ |access-date=July 29, 2021}} Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 20, 2021. The committee reported her favorably on November 3, 2021. On December 18, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2021 |title=PN937 - Nomination of Patricia Mahoney for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/937 |access-date=January 7, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} She presented her credentials to President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on April 8, 2022.{{cite tweet|user=EmbassyBangui|author=U.S. Embassy Bangui|number=1513019023860056067|title=A warm welcome to Patricia A. Mahoney, the new Ambassador of the #USAinCAR !|access-date=2022-04-10}}

Mahoney has three adult children. She speaks French, Thai, Nepali, and Lao.{{cite web |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-individual-key-administration-post/ |website=The White House |access-date=27 March 2022}}

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