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Anne Hall is an American diplomat and former Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania. Early life and education Hall grew up in Orono, Maine, graduating from Orono High School in 1977. She stayed in her hometown to attend the University of Maine where she graduated from in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations. She later attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.) in 1987 while studying in a joint program at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Institute of Latin American Studies. Career Hall joined the US Foreign Service in 1987. Some of her early postings included working as an economic officer in Brazil, a consular officer in Colombia, and as a desk officer in Peru. She joined the Executive Secretariat Staff of the Secretary of State in 1993 and was made a special assistant to Secretary Warren Christopher in 1994. In 1997, Hall was sent to Shanghai to serve as chief of the consular section. She returned to Washington in 2000 to serve as a special assistant in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. She moved to the position of desk officer in the Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs in 2001. She briefly served as the consul general in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2003 before being named the senior Cyprus officer in the Office of the Special Cyprus Coordinator. While in this position she participated in the negotiations that led to the United Nations settlement of the Cyprus problem in 2004. Hall was made the US consul general in Krakow, Poland in 2006. She left his position in 2009 to serve as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Vilnius, Lithuania. She served as Chargé d'Affaires in Lithuania from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014 she served as the Director of the Office of Central European Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. In 2014 she was named acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, a position which she held until being named ambassador in 2016. Hall was nominated by US President Barack Obama in April 2016 to replace Deborah McCarthy as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania. She was confirmed by the US Senate on July 14, 2016 and began her term of appointment on September 16 of that year. Her mission was terminated on July 19, 2019. Hall was the first American Consul General to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in July 2009. References External links Media related to Anne Hall (diplomat) at Wikimedia Commons . Discover the Anne Hall popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Anne Hall books.

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  • The Little Village Library synopsis, comments

    The Little Village Library

    Helen Rolfe

    The Little Village Library is a heartwarming story about kindness, community, and new beginnings, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley and Rachael LucasOne of Woman & Home's top 5...

  • The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall synopsis, comments

    The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

    Paul Torday

    Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed's family for generations but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice?'A deliciously dark comedy about class, snobbery and a va...

  • Swansong synopsis, comments

    Swansong

    Kerry Andrew

    ‘Swansong is the real thing, right from the start: spiky, strange and contemporary, but always with a dark undertow of myth and folklore tugging at its telling…this is a brilliant ...

  • The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn synopsis, comments

    The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

    Robin Maxwell

    Now available again, the first book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan Quartet: "Wonderfully juicy . . . Maxwell brings all of bloody Tudor England vividly to life” (Publishe...

  • The Tapestry synopsis, comments

    The Tapestry

    Nancy Bilyeau

    The next pageturner in the awardwinning Joanna Stafford series takes place in the heart of the Tudor court, as she risks everything to defy the most powerful men of her era.Henry V...

  • The White Queen synopsis, comments

    The White Queen

    Philippa Gregory

    The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Eliza...

  • Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen synopsis, comments

    Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen

    Alison Weir

    “A sumptuous historical novel anchored by its excellent depiction of Jane Seymour, Henry the VIII’s third queen . . . This is a must for all fans of Tudor fiction and history.”Publ...

  • The Boleyn Inheritance synopsis, comments

    The Boleyn Inheritance

    Philippa Gregory

    From “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) comes this New York Times bestseller featuring three very different women whose fates are each bound by a bloody curse: the legacy of ...

  • A Short History of Queer Women synopsis, comments

    A Short History of Queer Women

    Kirsty Loehr

    No, they weren’t ‘just friends’!Queer women have been written out of history since, well, forever. ‘But historians famously care about women!’, said no one. From Anne Bonny and Mar...

  • Take these Broken Wings synopsis, comments

    Take these Broken Wings

    Lyn Andrews

    From the workhouse into the arms of a dangerous man... In Lyn Andrews' Take These Broken Wings, a young woman sets out to rise above her tragic past, but soon finds herself faced ...

  • The Other Boleyn Girl synopsis, comments

    The Other Boleyn Girl

    Philippa Gregory

    The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tud...

  • Faust, Part II synopsis, comments

    Faust, Part II

    Goethe & David Constantine

    In this sequel to Faust, Mephistopheles takes Faust on a journey through ancient Greek mythology, conjuring for him the insurpassably beautiful Helen of Troy, as well as the classi...

  • James II synopsis, comments

    James II

    David Womersley

    The short, actionpacked reign of James II (168588) is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history. James managed, despite having access to tremendous reserve...

  • The Other Queen synopsis, comments

    The Other Queen

    Philippa Gregory

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregorya dazzling new novel about the intriguing, romantic, and maddening Mary, Queen of...

  • The Glass Town Game synopsis, comments

    The Glass Town Game

    Catherynne M. Valente

    A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner“Dazzling.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)Charlotte and Emily Brontë enter a fantasy world that they invented in order to rescue their siblin...

  • Ashworth Hall synopsis, comments

    Ashworth Hall

    Anne Perry

    When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gather at a country house to discuss Irish home rule, contention is to be expected. But when the meeting’s moderator, gover...

  • The Pianist from Syria synopsis, comments

    The Pianist from Syria

    Aeham Ahmad

    This astonishing true story presents an “affecting viewpoint on life in Syria before and in the midst of extreme violence” (Booklist), offering a deeply personal and unique perspec...

  • Captain Cook synopsis, comments

    Captain Cook

    Vanessa Collingridge

    A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries and three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to lif...

  • The Courtesan and the Samurai synopsis, comments

    The Courtesan and the Samurai

    Lesley Downer

    1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ...Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and vulner...

  • The Crown synopsis, comments

    The Crown

    Nancy Bilyeau

    An astonishing debut in historical fiction, hailed as “part The Da Vinci Code, part The Other Boleyn Girl,” (Woman’s Day), The Crown follows one nun’s dangerous quest to find an an...

  • The Chalice synopsis, comments

    The Chalice

    Nancy Bilyeau

    In the midst of England’s Reformation, a young novice will risk everything to defy the most powerful men of her era. In 1538, England’s bloody power struggle between crown and cros...

  • The Vanished Bride synopsis, comments

    The Vanished Bride

    Bella Ellis

    Before they became legendary writers, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë were detectors in this charming historical mystery...   Yorkshire, 1845. A young wif...

  • The Lady of the Rivers synopsis, comments

    The Lady of the Rivers

    Philippa Gregory

    #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of ...

  • The Secrets of Saffron Hall synopsis, comments

    The Secrets of Saffron Hall

    Clare Marchant

    Two women. Five centuries apart.One lifechanging secret about to be unearthed…1538New bride Eleanor impresses her husband by growing saffron, a spice more valuable than gold. His r...

  • Three Ordinary Girls synopsis, comments

    Three Ordinary Girls

    Tim Brady

    “The book's teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” Washington Post An astonishing Wo...

  • Mask of Night synopsis, comments

    Mask of Night

    Philip Gooden

    'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianElizabeth I approaches the end of her illustrious reign, the plague is raging in London, and the Privy Council has ordered the...

  • Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen synopsis, comments

    Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen

    Alison Weir

    Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the tragic story of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, a nineteenyearold beauty with a hidden past, in this fifth novel in the sw...

  • The Masterharper of Pern synopsis, comments

    The Masterharper of Pern

    Anne McCaffrey

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  “At last, Robinton has his own book . . . McCaffrey adds another absorbing chapter to dragon lore. . . . Readers will revel in this compelling chara...

  • House of Treason synopsis, comments

    House of Treason

    Robert Hutchinson

    Kingmakers Conspirators Criminals Nobles Seducers'A riveting story, splendidly told' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Gripping and gruesome' BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH'Fascinatin...

  • Tudor synopsis, comments

    Tudor

    Leanda de Lisle

    The Tudors are England's most dramatic royal familyHenry VIII notoriously divorced his queen and broke with the church of Rome, and Elizabeth I became the greatest English queen in...

  • The Constant Princess synopsis, comments

    The Constant Princess

    Philippa Gregory

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes the remarkable story of Katherine of Aragon, Princess of Spain, daughter o...

  • The Madwoman Upstairs synopsis, comments

    The Madwoman Upstairs

    Catherine Lowell

    In Catherine Lowell’s "irresistibly clever" (Vogue) debut novel“[a] piquant paean to the Brontë sisters" (The New York Times Book Review)the only remaining descendant of the Brontë...