E. Allan Wendt

E. Allan Wendt
E. Allan Wendt
	Wendt (right) shaking hands with Ronald Reagan in 1988
1st Minister to Slovenia
	In office; May 26, 1993 – September 12, 1995
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Victor Jackovich
Personal details
Born	1935 (age 89–90); Illinois, U.S.
Profession	Diplomat

E. Allan Wendt (born 1935) is an American diplomat. He was the first United States Ambassador to Slovenia from 1993 to 1995.

Biography

Wendt was born in 1935 in Illinois. He later joined the U.S. Foreign Service. On January 31, 1968, he was the duty officer serving at the U.S. Embassy 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, Slovenia. 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 He was superseded on September 12, 1995.

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.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by post created	United States Ambassador to Slovenia 1993–1995	Succeeded by Victor Jackovich

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