Susan D. Page

Susan Denise Page (born 1964) is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).[1] Prior to this, she was the Deputy Special Representative for the Rule of Law at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). [2]

Susan Page
1st United States Ambassador to South Sudan
In office
December 8, 2011  August 23, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byR. Barrie Walkley (as chargé d’Affaires)
Succeeded byMary Catherine Phee
Personal details
Born
Susan Denise Page

1964 (age 5556)
EducationUniversity of Michigan (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
University of St Andrews

Education

She is a 1982 alumnae of Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois.[3] Page received an A.B. in English with high distinction from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has also studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and conducted research on children and women's rights in Nepal through a Rotary International post-graduate fellowship.

Career

Page served as the first United States Ambassador to South Sudan, the Acting United States Ambassador to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as well as in other diplomatic postings. In addition, she has served the United Nations and has held the positions of Director of the Rule of Law Advisory Unit in the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Senior Legal Adviser for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sudan and in Rwanda.

Page's ambassadorial nomination was announced by the White House on August 18, 2011[4] and she was confirmed on October 18, 2011.[5] She served in her role as U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan from October 2011 through July 2015.

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
R. Barrie Walkley
Acting
United States Ambassador to South Sudan
2011–2014
Succeeded by
Mary Catherine Phee
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