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American diplomat (born 1949)

Mary Ann Casey

United States Ambassador to Tunisia
In office July 5, 1994 – July 18, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John T. McCarthy
Succeeded by	Robin Lynn Raphel
8th United States Ambassador to Algeria
In office July 2, 1991 – October 19, 1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Christopher W.S. Ross
Succeeded by	Ronald E. Neumann

Personal details
Born	(1949-11-11) November 11, 1949 (age 75) Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Profession	Diplomat, Career Ambassador

Mary Ann Casey (born November 11, 1949) is an American retired diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer and U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (1991–1994) and Tunisia (1994–1997).

Life and career

Casey was born in Boulder, Colorado on November 11, 1949. She graduated with a degree in international relations from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1970, and spent most of her overseas career in northern Africa. Her first assignment was as vice consul and political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Morocco; her most recent overseas position was Ambassador to Tunisia. In between, she spent time as a Watch Officer in the State Department Operations Center, desk officer for Iraq, as a Hoover Institution National Fellow at Stanford, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and as the Ambassador to Algeria.

Upon returning from Tunisia, Ambassador Casey became the State Department's "Diplomat in Residence" at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she helped establish the Smith Hall International Program, chaired the International Affairs committee of the University's Conference on World Affairs, and taught several courses on international relations.

Her foreign languages include Arabic and French.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byChristopher W.S. Ross	U.S. Ambassador to Algeria 1991–1994	Succeeded byRonald E. Neumann
Preceded byJohn T. McCarthy	U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia 1994–1997	Succeeded byRobin Raphel

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