Shari Villarosa
| Shari Villarosa | |
|---|---|
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| United States Ambassador to Mauritius | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mary Jo Wilis |
| United States Ambassador to Seychelles | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mary Jo Wilis |
| United States Ambassador to Burma | |
| In office August 2005 – September 2008 (Chargé d'Affaires) | |
| Preceded by | Carmen Maria Martinez |
| Succeeded by | Larry M. Dinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shari English Woods Villarosa |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (International Studies) The College of William and Mary (Law) |
Shari English Woods Villarosa is a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. She is the incumbent United States Ambassador to Mauritius and to the Seychelles.
Education
Shari graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in International Studies. She also has a law degree from The College of William and Mary. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Indonesian.
Career
On September 22, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sharon Villarosa of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.
She served as the chargé d'affaires for the United States Embassy in Rangoon, Burma, from August 2005 to September 2008. At the time, there had not been a U.S. Ambassador to Burma since 1990, so as chargé d'affaires, Villarosa was the chief of mission and the most senior official in the embassy.
She previously served as Director of Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore Affairs in the Department of State's East Asia and Pacific Bureau, Economic Counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Dili, East Timor.
Her other overseas assignments have been in Songkhla, Thailand; Brasilia, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia. Her assignments at the State Department in Washington, D.C., have been as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; Deputy Director of the Office of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam Affairs; Singapore and Indonesia desk officer; and in the Office of Investment Affairs. In addition, she spent a year at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as Diplomat-in-Residence.
References
External links
- U.S. Embassy in Rangoon: Ambassador’s biography
- U.S. Department of State: Ambassadors to Burma
- U.S. Department of State: Biography of Shari Villarosa
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm
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| Preceded by Carmen Maria Martinez |
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Burma 2005–2008 |
Succeeded by Larry Miles Dinger |
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