E. Allan Wendt (born 1935) is an American diplomat. He was the first

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Ambassador to

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

from 1993 to 1995.

Biography

Wendt was born in 1935 in

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. He later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. On January 31, 1968, he was the duty officer serving at the

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in Saigon, South Vietnam, when it was attacked by Vietcong guerrillas. On August 25, 1992, Wendt became the chargé d'affaires ad interim at the newly established U.S. Embassy in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...

. On May 15, 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to become the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia, and he presented his credentials on May 26, 1993. He was superseded on September 12, 1995.Office of the Historian - Department History - People - E. Allan Wendt
/ref> Wendt holds a Master of Public Administration (economics) from Harvard, a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and a BA magna cum laude from Yale.

References

External links

United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Slovenia

United States Department of State: Slovenia

United States Embassy in Ljubljana
Ambassadors of the United States to Slovenia 1935 births Living people Harvard Kennedy School alumni United States Foreign Service personnel Yale University alumni {{US-diplomat-stub