Patricia A. Butenis (1953–)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Bangladesh)
Appointed: February 21, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: April 13, 2006
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 23, 2007
Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Maldives)
  Appointed: August 5, 2009
  Presentation of Credentials: October 1, 2009
  Termination of Mission: Left Colombo August 1, 2012
  - Also accredited to Sri Lanka; resident at Colombo.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
  Appointed: August 5, 2009
  Presentation of Credentials: September 17, 2009
  Termination of Mission: Left Colombo August 1, 2012
  - Also accredited to Maldives; resident at Colombo.