Anne Hall is an American

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and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania.

Early life and education

Hall grew up in

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, graduating from Orono High School in 1977. She stayed in her hometown to attend the

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where she graduated from in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations. She later attended the

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, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.) in 1987 while studying in a joint program at the

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and Institute of Latin American Studies.

Career

Hall joined the

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in 1987. Some of her early postings included working as an economic officer in

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, a consular officer in

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, and as a desk officer in

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. She joined the Executive Secretariat Staff of the Secretary of State in 1993 and was made a special assistant to Secretary

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in 1994. In 1997, Hall was sent to Shanghai to serve as chief of the consular section. She returned to Washington in 2000 to serve as a special assistant in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. She moved to the position of desk officer in the Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs in 2001. She briefly served as the consul general in

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in 2003 before being named the senior

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officer in the Office of the Special Cyprus Coordinator. While in this position she participated in the negotiations that led to the United Nations settlement of the Cyprus problem in 2004. Hall was made the US consul general in Krakow, Poland in 2006. She left his position in 2009 to serve as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Vilnius, Lithuania. She served as Chargé d'Affaires in Lithuania from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014 she served as the Director of the Office of Central European Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. In 2014 she was named acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, a position which she held until being named ambassador in 2016. Hall was nominated by US President Barack Obama in April 2016 to replace Deborah McCarthy as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania. She was confirmed by the US Senate on July 14, 2016, and began her term of appointment on September 16 of that year. Her mission was terminated on July 19, 2019. Hall was the first American Consul General to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in July 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Anne Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Orono, Maine University of Maine alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs alumni United States Foreign Service personnel 21st-century American diplomats American women ambassadors Ambassadors of the United States to Lithuania Obama administration personnel 21st-century American women civil servants