Background
Butenis, Patricia Agatha was born in 1953 in New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Charles P. and Haifa Butenis.
United States ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives
Butenis, Patricia Agatha was born in 1953 in New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Charles P. and Haifa Butenis.
Bachelor in Anthropology, University Pennsylvania. Master of Arts in International Relations, Columbia University.
Vice consul United States Department State, Karachi, 1980—1982, vice consul and political officer San Salvador, El Salvador, 1982—1985, desk officer El Salvador, 1988—1990, consul New Delhi, 1985—1988, consul, chief American citizen services Bogotá, Colombia, 1990—1993, consul general Colombia, 2001—2004, field liaison Visa Office, 1994—1997, consul general Warsaw, 1998—2001, deputy chief of mission Islamabad, Pakistan, 2004—2006, United States ambassador to Bangladesh Dhaka, 2006—2007, deputy chief of mission Baghdad, Iraq, 2007—2009, United States ambassador to Sri Lanka & Maldives Colombo, since 2009.