Anne Casper
Casper on her official duties in Rwanda in 2010
United States Ambassador to Burundi
In office
October 20, 2016 – May 5, 2019
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byDawn M. Liberi
Succeeded byEunice Reddick
Chargé d’Affaires
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Las Vegas, Nevada
SpouseKarl Deringer
Alma materTufts University,
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
National War College

Anne S. Casper (born 1965) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Burundi from 2016 to 2019.

Consular career

Casper joined the Foreign Service in 1993. Her early assignments were as political and military officer in Tirana, Albania, as deputy public affairs officer at the Jerusalem consulate and as cultural affairs officer in Damascus, Syria. In 2001, Casper was recalled and given the place of counterterrorism policy officer at the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.[1]

The next year, she was made Arabic media liaison officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, a job in which she stayed until 2004, when she was temporarily relieved of her duties to study an M.S. at the National War College.[2]

Casper returned to active duty in 2005 and was sent to be public affairs counselor in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2009, she was posted to Kigali, Rwanda where she was deputy chief of mission.[1] While working in Rwanda, her husband, Karl Deringer, won a State Department award for his charity work.[2]

In 2012, Casper was assigned to the consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as consul general until her return to Washington D.C. in 2014 to work as deputy assistant secretary for international media.[3] Casper was moved to be a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. In 2016, Casper was also appointed the acting director of partnerships for the Global Engagement Center.[1]

In May 2016, President Obama nominated Casper for the post of ambassador to Burundi.[4][5] She was confirmed on the 29 June.[2] She presented her credentials on October 20, 2016, and served until May 5, 2019.[6]

Personal life

Casper's brother is assistant U.S. Attorney, Larry Casper. She is married to Karl Deringer.[2]

Casper can speak Arabic, French, Kirundi, Thai, Hebrew and Kinyarwanda.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Casper, Anne S. - Republic of Burundi - May 2016". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Straehley, Steve. "U.S. Ambassador to Burundi: Who Is Anne S. Casper?". AllGov. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Ambassador Anne Casper". U.S. Embassy in Burundi. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ambassador Nomination: Anne S. Casper– From State/Global Engagement Center to Burundi". Diplopundit. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". 18 May 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Anne S. Casper (?–)". Department of State.


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