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| term_start = September 6, 2011 |
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'''Earl Anthony Wayne''' (born 1950) is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador to [[Argentina]] and Deputy Ambassador to [[Afghanistan]], Wayne served nearly four years as [[United States Ambassador to Mexico|Ambassador to Mexico]]. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August, 2011.<ref name="MexicoNomination1">{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/09/nominations-sent-senate |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=Nominations sent to the Senate June 9, 2011 |date=9 June 2011 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=2011-07-22}}</ref> He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31, 2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30, 2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service: Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,<ref name=wilson>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/ambassador-e-anthony-wayne-named-public-policy-fellow-wilson-centers-mexico-institute Wilson Center - Mexico Institute]</ref> the Atlantic Council,<ref name=atlantic>[http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/earl-anthony-wayne Atlantic Council]</ref> the Center for Strategic and International Studies,.<ref name=CSIS>[http://csis.org/experts/affiliated-advisers-and-experts-non-resident CSIS]</ref> Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant, speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019. |
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==Life and education== |
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'''Earl Anthony Wayne''' (born in 1950) is an United States international policy maker and diplomat. |
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Earl Anthony Wayne was born in [[Sacramento, California]], and grew up in nearby [[Concord, California|Concord]], where he graduated from Mt. Diablo High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] (1972) where he was a member of [[Tau Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity, as well as being selected to be a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He continued his studies to earn master's degrees in political science from [[Stanford University]] (1973) and [[Princeton University]] (1975), and a master's degree in [[public administration]] from the John F. Kennedy School at [[Harvard University]] (1984). He is known as "Tony" to close acquaintances and is married with two adult children.<ref name=state>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/71852.htm U.S. State Department: Earl Anthony Wayne]</ref> |
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==Diplomatic career== |
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A career diplomat starting in 1975, Wayne first served as a China analyst in the Department of State and was then posted overseas as a political officer in [[Rabat, Morocco]]. He was assigned to serve in the Executive Secretariat at the State Department under Secretaries of State [[Cyrus Vance]] and [[Edmund Muskie]], in 1980. He worked as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State [[Alexander Haig]] and [[George Shultz]], from 1981 to 1983. He was named First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in [[Paris]] heading a section following French politics and working to promote US-French anti-terrorism cooperation (1984–87) following a mid-career Masters of Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1983–84). |
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Earl Anthony Wayne was born in [[Sacramento, California]] in 1950 and grew up in nearby [[Concord, California|Concord]], where he graduated from High School in 1968. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in [[Political Science]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] (1972), Master's degrees in Political Science from [[Stanford University]] (1973) and [[Princeton University]] (1975), and a Master's in [[Public Administration]] from [[Harvard University]] (1984). Known as Tony to friends and close acquaintances, he married and had a daughter and a son.<ref name=state>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/71852.htm U.S. State Department: Earl Anthony Wayne]</ref> |
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After Paris, Wayne took a leave of absence to work as the national security correspondent for ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'' for two years. He returned to Foreign Service as the Director for Regional Affairs for the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism, from 1989 to 1991. He served as Director for Western European Affairs at the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] from June 1991 until mid-1993. Wayne took up the post of Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the [[European Union]] working for Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat until 1996, when he returned to Washington as Deputy Assistant Secretary for [[Europe]] and [[Canada]] (1996–97).<ref name=state /> |
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A career diplomat since 1975, he was first posted overseas as a political officer in [[Rabat, Morocco]], after serving as a [[China]] analyst in the [[Bureau of Intelligence and Research]] at the State Depatment in Washington, DC. He was assigned to serve in the Executive Secretariat at the State Department under Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and then Secretary [[Edmund Muskie]] in 1980. He was asked to serve as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State [[Alexander Haig]] and [[George Shultz]], from 1981 to 1983, and was named First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in [[Paris]], 1984-87, where he followed French politics and encouraged counter-terrorism cooperation between the US and France. |
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His appointment as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1997 gave Wayne broader responsibilities including in the management of U.S. relations with the [[European Union]], the [[OECD]], the [[G8|G-8]], regional economic and global topics, and [[Nazi plunder|Nazi restitution]] issues, as well as oversight of bureau management and public diplomacy programs, including the overseeing integration of the first office of the US Information Agency (USIA) into the State Department. He played an important role in organizing the [[Stability Pact Summit]] for South West Europe in 1999, for which he subsequently received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award. |
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Wayne then took a leave of absence and worked as the national security correspondent for the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' for two years. He returned to Foreign Service as the Director for Regional Affairs for the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism, from 1989 to 1991, during the first Iraq War and the period when the US expanded CT cooperation with the countries of the former Warsaw Pact. He served as Director for Western European Affairs at the [[National Security Council]] from June 1991 until mid-1993, as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the [[European Union]] until 1996, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for [[Europe]] and [[Canada]] (1996-97).<ref name=state/> |
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===Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs=== |
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His appointment as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1997 gave Wayne influence in U.S. relations with the [[European Union]], the [[OECD]], the [[G-8]], regional economic and global issues, and [[Nazi plunder|Nazi restitution]] issues. He played an important role in organizing the Stability Pact Summit for South West Euorpe in 1999. These experiences led to his appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (EB) from June 2000 until June 2006, during which he was promoted to Career Minister (2002). |
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Wayne was nominated and confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (EB) in 2000. He served in that position under three Secretaries of State. In EB, he oversaw work on post-conflict economic assistance, economic sanctions, international debt, development and economic reform policies, combating the financing of terrorism, international energy policy, trade, intellectual property and investment policies, international telecommunications policy, international transportation policies, support for U.S. businesses overseas, and efforts to end trade in "[[conflict diamonds]]". He played a leading role in building international cooperation against the financing of terrorism following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and in coordinating a number of reconstruction and assistance donor conferences during this time including those for Afghanistan, Iraq, the countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and the 2005 Pakistan earthquake. |
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Wayne served as Interim Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs in 2005, during which he also served as U.S. Foreign Affairs "[[Sherpa (G8)|Sous-Sherpa]]," helping prepare the [[Gleneagles G8 Summit]]. At his departure from EB in June, 2006, Wayne had become the longest serving Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. He received a State Department [[Distinguished Honor Award]] and a Presidential Meritorious Service Award during his tenure as Assistant Secretary. |
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In EB, he oversaw work on post-conflict economic assistance, economic sanctions, international debt, development and economic reform policies (including the creation of the [[Millennium Challenge Corporation]]), combating the financing of terrorism, international energy policy, trade, intellectual property and investment policies, international telecommunications policy, international transportation policies, support for U.S. businesses overseas, and efforts to end trade in "[[conflict diamonds]]". He also had a leading role in coordinating reconstruction assistance and pledges to countries hit by the [[2004 Asian tsunami]] and to [[Pakistan]], after the [[2005 Pakistan earthquake|2005 earthquake]] in [[Kashmir]].<ref name=state/> |
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===Ambassador to Argentina=== |
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Wayne served as Interim Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs in 2005, during which he also served as U.S. Foreign Affairs "[[Sherpa (G8)|Sous-Sherpa]]," helping prepare the [[Gleneagles G8 Summit]], in addition to his duties as Assistant Secretary. President [[George W. Bush]] nominated Earl Anthony Wayne [[Argentina-United States relations|Ambassador to Argentina]], in 2006, and he presented his credentials as Ambassador to Foreign Minister [[Jorge Taiana]] on November 6, 2006. |
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In 2006, Wayne was nominated and confirmed as U.S. [[Argentina-United States relations|Ambassador to Argentina]], and he presented his credentials in November 6 of that year. |
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In 2008, he received the [[Paul Wellstone]] Anti-Slavery Ambassador of the Year Award for his work against [[human trafficking|trafficking in persons]] in Argentina. He also worked successfully to improve the image of the United States in Argentina, as well as to increase bilateral trade and investment and to improve cooperation on fighting illegal drugs, among other areas. |
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===Afghanistan=== |
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Ambassador Wayne accepted the post during a period of tense relations between the center-left President of Argentina, [[Néstor Kirchner]], and President Bush. He maintained a policy of close communication with the Argentine Government and of a more lively cultural involvement of embassy with its host country. He championed interaction between US musicians and other well known cultural figures with Argentine youth, as well as increased embassy outreach activities to needy Argentine communities and with worthwhile Argentine [[Non-Governmental Organization]]s. His public outreach events included a "voters day" during the [[2008 US Presidential Election]] at the US embassy with music and American food for the several thousand U.S. nationals living in Buenos Aires who were eligible to vote via [[absentee ballot]]. |
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In June 2009, Ambassador Wayne was asked to serve in a newly created position as Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], as part of the US civilian surge into that country. He worked to improve coordination of U.S. government non-military assistance to Afghanistan and to enhance cooperation between international donors and the Afghan government.<ref name="US Embassy, Kabul 5/18/2010" /><ref>[http://buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/7039 Vilma Martínez one step closer to representing US in Argentina] ''Buenos Aires Herald'' 6/21/2009</ref> |
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That year, he received the [[Paul Wellstone]] Anti-Slavery Ambassador of the Year Award for his work against [[human trafficking|trafficking in persons]]. Wayne had worked closely and successfully with several Argentine NGOs, Argentine legislators and officials to encourage stronger laws and practices go fight the trafficking in persons, especially women and children He has also received the Department of State’s [[Distinguished Honor Award]] and Presidential [[Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Distinguished Service]] and Meritorious Service Awards.<ref name=state/><ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/05/28/elpais/p-01927580.htm ''Clarín'' (5/28/2009) {{es icon}}]</ref> |
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In late May, 2010, Wayne took over the position of Deputy Ambassador at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|U.S. Embassy in Kabul]]. In that role, under Ambassador [[Karl Eikenberry]], he oversaw Embassy programs and staff, worked closely with the [[Afghan government]], coordinated with the [[International Security Assistance Force]] in Afghanistan and with other elements of the international community and Afghan society.<ref name="US Embassy, Kabul 5/18/2010">[http://kabul.usembassy.gov/ambassador2.html ''US Embassy, Kabul''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621074852/http://kabul.usembassy.gov/ambassador2.html |date=2011-06-21 }} 5/18/2010</ref> Wayne received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and a Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service (on the nomination of General David Petraeus) for his work in Afghanistan, as well as the Cordell Hull Award for Economic Achievement from the Department of State. |
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===Ambassador to Mexico=== |
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President [[Barack Obama]] nominated [[Vilma Socorro Martínez]] as the new U.S. Ambassador to Argentina in June 2009, upon which Ambassador Wayne accepted a humanitarian post in [[Afghanistan]] where his is coordinating all non-military US assistance to Afganistan.<ref>[http://buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/7039 ''Buenos Aires Herald'' (6/21/2009)]</ref> |
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In May 2011, President Obama submitted Wayne's nomination to be the US Ambassador to Mexico. Wayne was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 2, and presented his credentials to [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Felipe Calderón]] on September 13, 2011.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-ambassador-idUSTRE77207E20110803 "Senate confirms new ambassador to Mexico," Reuters, 2 Aug. 2012]</ref><ref name="CNNexpansion">{{cite web |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/793418.html |title=Wayne presenta cartas credenciales como embajador |publisher=El Universal |language=es |access-date=2011-09-13}}</ref> During Wayne's tenure, the United States and Mexico expanded cooperation on economic, educational, public security and other issues. The two governments established a High Level Economic Dialogue, the Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council, the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation and Research, and a Bilateral Security Forum, while expanding cooperation under the $2.3 billion Mérida Initiative and on a range of border and travel issues. Trade, investment and tourism grew each year during Wayne's tenure. In 2014, the number of Mexicans studying in the U.S. doubled to over 30,000 and some 50 new university level partnerships were established, thanks to cooperation under the Bilateral Forum on Higher Education. Mission Mexico was chosen in 2014 by the State Department as the "Embassy to Watch" for its wide-ranging public-private partnerships, and in 2015, the Embassy was selected as one of three "Gender Champions" among U.S. Embassies world-wide for its efforts to support gender programs and good practices. Mission Mexico's outreach also grew massively during Wayne's tenure, for example, reaching 1 million Facebook likes for the Embassy alone by September, 2015. Wayne's work in Mexico was recognized by the U.S. and Mexican governments (see Recognition). |
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===Recognition=== |
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Confirmed by the Senate as a "Career Ambassador" (2010) (the most senior rank of the U.S. Foreign Service); Cordell Hull Award for Economic Achievement by Senior Officers (2010); Paul Wellstone Anti-Slavery Ambassador of the Year Award (2008); Department of State's Distinguished Honor Award (2005); Presidential Distinguished Service Award (2001); two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards (2012, 2005); Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service (2011); Global Ambassador of Peace and Public Service, International House, University of California, Berkeley (2015); Order of the Aztec Eagle granted by Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade (2015).<ref>THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AWARDS AMBASSADOR ANTHONY WAYNE WITH THE ORDER OF THE AZTEC EAGLE July 30, 2015 | Mexico City | Press Release 406</ref> In October 2015, Wayne was chosen to receive the State Department's Charles E. Cobb Jr. Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development. In June 2017, the Director General of the Foreign Service awarded Wayne the Director General's Cup for the Foreign Service. |
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Earl Wayne | |
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United States Ambassador to Mexico | |
In office September 6, 2011 – July 31, 2015 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Carlos Pascual |
Succeeded by | Roberta S. Jacobson |
United States Ambassador to Argentina | |
In office January 19, 2007 – April 6, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Lino Gutierrez |
Succeeded by | Vilma Martínez |
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs | |
In office June 1, 2000 – June 3, 2006 | |
President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Alan Larson |
Succeeded by | Dan Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Stanford University Princeton University Harvard University |
Earl Anthony Wayne (born 1950) is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August, 2011.[1] He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31, 2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30, 2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service: Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,[2] the Atlantic Council,[3] the Center for Strategic and International Studies,.[4] Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant, speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.
Life and education
Earl Anthony Wayne was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in nearby Concord, where he graduated from Mt. Diablo High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley (1972) where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, as well as being selected to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He continued his studies to earn master's degrees in political science from Stanford University (1973) and Princeton University (1975), and a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University (1984). He is known as "Tony" to close acquaintances and is married with two adult children.[5]
Diplomatic career
A career diplomat starting in 1975, Wayne first served as a China analyst in the Department of State and was then posted overseas as a political officer in Rabat, Morocco. He was assigned to serve in the Executive Secretariat at the State Department under Secretaries of State Cyrus Vance and Edmund Muskie, in 1980. He worked as Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Alexander Haig and George Shultz, from 1981 to 1983. He was named First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Paris heading a section following French politics and working to promote US-French anti-terrorism cooperation (1984–87) following a mid-career Masters of Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1983–84).
After Paris, Wayne took a leave of absence to work as the national security correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor for two years. He returned to Foreign Service as the Director for Regional Affairs for the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism, from 1989 to 1991. He served as Director for Western European Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1991 until mid-1993. Wayne took up the post of Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union working for Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat until 1996, when he returned to Washington as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Canada (1996–97).[5]
His appointment as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European Affairs in 1997 gave Wayne broader responsibilities including in the management of U.S. relations with the European Union, the OECD, the G-8, regional economic and global topics, and Nazi restitution issues, as well as oversight of bureau management and public diplomacy programs, including the overseeing integration of the first office of the US Information Agency (USIA) into the State Department. He played an important role in organizing the Stability Pact Summit for South West Europe in 1999, for which he subsequently received a Presidential Distinguished Service Award.
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
Wayne was nominated and confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (EB) in 2000. He served in that position under three Secretaries of State. In EB, he oversaw work on post-conflict economic assistance, economic sanctions, international debt, development and economic reform policies, combating the financing of terrorism, international energy policy, trade, intellectual property and investment policies, international telecommunications policy, international transportation policies, support for U.S. businesses overseas, and efforts to end trade in "conflict diamonds". He played a leading role in building international cooperation against the financing of terrorism following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and in coordinating a number of reconstruction and assistance donor conferences during this time including those for Afghanistan, Iraq, the countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.
Wayne served as Interim Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs in 2005, during which he also served as U.S. Foreign Affairs "Sous-Sherpa," helping prepare the Gleneagles G8 Summit. At his departure from EB in June, 2006, Wayne had become the longest serving Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. He received a State Department Distinguished Honor Award and a Presidential Meritorious Service Award during his tenure as Assistant Secretary.
Ambassador to Argentina
In 2006, Wayne was nominated and confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, and he presented his credentials in November 6 of that year. In 2008, he received the Paul Wellstone Anti-Slavery Ambassador of the Year Award for his work against trafficking in persons in Argentina. He also worked successfully to improve the image of the United States in Argentina, as well as to increase bilateral trade and investment and to improve cooperation on fighting illegal drugs, among other areas.
Afghanistan
In June 2009, Ambassador Wayne was asked to serve in a newly created position as Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of the US civilian surge into that country. He worked to improve coordination of U.S. government non-military assistance to Afghanistan and to enhance cooperation between international donors and the Afghan government.[6][7]
In late May, 2010, Wayne took over the position of Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. In that role, under Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, he oversaw Embassy programs and staff, worked closely with the Afghan government, coordinated with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and with other elements of the international community and Afghan society.[6] Wayne received a Presidential Meritorious Service Award and a Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service (on the nomination of General David Petraeus) for his work in Afghanistan, as well as the Cordell Hull Award for Economic Achievement from the Department of State.
Ambassador to Mexico
In May 2011, President Obama submitted Wayne's nomination to be the US Ambassador to Mexico. Wayne was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 2, and presented his credentials to President Felipe Calderón on September 13, 2011.[8][9] During Wayne's tenure, the United States and Mexico expanded cooperation on economic, educational, public security and other issues. The two governments established a High Level Economic Dialogue, the Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council, the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation and Research, and a Bilateral Security Forum, while expanding cooperation under the $2.3 billion Mérida Initiative and on a range of border and travel issues. Trade, investment and tourism grew each year during Wayne's tenure. In 2014, the number of Mexicans studying in the U.S. doubled to over 30,000 and some 50 new university level partnerships were established, thanks to cooperation under the Bilateral Forum on Higher Education. Mission Mexico was chosen in 2014 by the State Department as the "Embassy to Watch" for its wide-ranging public-private partnerships, and in 2015, the Embassy was selected as one of three "Gender Champions" among U.S. Embassies world-wide for its efforts to support gender programs and good practices. Mission Mexico's outreach also grew massively during Wayne's tenure, for example, reaching 1 million Facebook likes for the Embassy alone by September, 2015. Wayne's work in Mexico was recognized by the U.S. and Mexican governments (see Recognition).
Recognition
Confirmed by the Senate as a "Career Ambassador" (2010) (the most senior rank of the U.S. Foreign Service); Cordell Hull Award for Economic Achievement by Senior Officers (2010); Paul Wellstone Anti-Slavery Ambassador of the Year Award (2008); Department of State's Distinguished Honor Award (2005); Presidential Distinguished Service Award (2001); two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards (2012, 2005); Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service (2011); Global Ambassador of Peace and Public Service, International House, University of California, Berkeley (2015); Order of the Aztec Eagle granted by Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade (2015).[10] In October 2015, Wayne was chosen to receive the State Department's Charles E. Cobb Jr. Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development. In June 2017, the Director General of the Foreign Service awarded Wayne the Director General's Cup for the Foreign Service.
References
- ^ "Nominations sent to the Senate June 9, 2011". whitehouse.gov. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-22 – via National Archives.
- ^ Wilson Center - Mexico Institute
- ^ Atlantic Council
- ^ CSIS
- ^ a b U.S. State Department: Earl Anthony Wayne
- ^ a b US Embassy, Kabul Archived 2011-06-21 at the Wayback Machine 5/18/2010
- ^ Vilma Martínez one step closer to representing US in Argentina Buenos Aires Herald 6/21/2009
- ^ "Senate confirms new ambassador to Mexico," Reuters, 2 Aug. 2012
- ^ "Wayne presenta cartas credenciales como embajador" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT AWARDS AMBASSADOR ANTHONY WAYNE WITH THE ORDER OF THE AZTEC EAGLE July 30, 2015 | Mexico City | Press Release 406
External links
Media related to Earl Anthony Wayne at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN