| E. Allan Wendt | |
| Order: | 1st |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Term Start: | May 26, 1993 |
| Term End: | September 12, 1995 |
| President: | Bill Clinton |
| Predecessor: | Office established |
| Successor: | Victor Jackovich |
| Birth Place: | Illinois, U.S. |
| Profession: | Diplomat |
E. Allan Wendt (born 1935) is an American diplomat. He was the first United States Ambassador to Slovenia from 1993 to 1995.[1] [2]
Wendt was born in 1935 in Illinois. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1959.[3] On January 31, 1968, he was the duty officer serving at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, when it was attacked by Vietcong guerrillas.[4]
On August 25, 1992, Wendt became the chargé d'affaires ad interim at the newly established U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[5] On May 15, 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to become the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia,[6] and he presented his credentials on May 26, 1993. He was superseded on September 12, 1995.[7]
Wendt holds a Master of Public Administration (economics) from Harvard, a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and a BA magna cum laude from Yale.