| Geeta Pasi | |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| President: | Joe Biden |
| Term Start: | March 5, 2021 |
| Term End: | February 25, 2022[1] |
| Successor: | Ervin Jose Massinga |
| Office1: | Deputy Assistant Secretary (African Affairs) |
| Term Start1: | October 22, 2018 |
| Term End1: | January 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Stephanie S. Sullivan |
| Successor1: | Robert F. Godec |
| Office2: | United States Ambassador to Chad |
| President2: | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Term Start2: | September 9, 2016 |
| Term End2: | September 20, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | James Knight |
| Successor2: | Alexander M. Laskaris |
| Office3: | United States Ambassador to Djibouti |
| President3: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start3: | 2011 |
| Term End3: | 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | James C. Swan |
| Successor3: | Thomas P. Kelly III |
| Birth Place: | New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Duke University (B.A.) New York University (M.A.) |
Geeta Pasi (born 1962)[2] is a retired American diplomat. She was the American ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014.[3] She was appointed American ambassador to Chad in June 2016 and served until 2018.[4] In September 2018, she left the ambassadorship to become Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.[5] [6]
On March 5, 2021, Ambassador Geeta Pasi presented her credentials to President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia.[7]
As of February 25, 2022, she has retired as ambassador.
Pasi was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1984 and completed a Master of Arts at New York University in 1986.[3]
Pasi was appointed ambassador to Djibouti by United States President Barack Obama in 2011.[8]
She had previously held a number of diplomatic positions including deputy Chef de mission at the United States embassy in Bangladesh from 2006 to 2009.[8]
On June 15, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Pasi to be the next United States Ambassador to Ethiopia.[9] On June 18, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[10] She appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 2 and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate in the early morning hours of December 22, 2020.[11]
Pasi speaks French, German, Hindi, Romanian, and Russian.[12]
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