J. Brady Anderson

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J. Brady Anderson (born 1945) is an attorney, former American ambassador (Tanzania 1994–1997),[1][2] administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), [3] and chairman of the board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He is chairman of the board of the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE).[4]

It was the intention of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) to oppose Anderson's opposition, not based on a lack of qualifications but because “Anderson's nomination is the latest in a series of White House decisions to replace career-officer ambassadors, who have been in their embassies only a short time, with political appointees. In AFSA's view, this practice seriously threatens the unwritten but long-standing rule that a U.S. ambassador's normal tour of duty should be three years.”[5]

Anderson received a B.A. from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee in 1967, and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1973. He went on to work as a private attorney in Helena, Arkansas, assistant attorney general in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a special assistant to Governor Bill Clinton and as senior law clerk to U.S. District Judge Elsijane T. Roy of Little Rock.[3]

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  1. ^ "J. Brady Anderson (1945–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ "EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES". Congressional Record. GPO. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES J. BRADY ANDERSON AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT". The White House. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. ^ "J. Brady Anderson". SVP Charleston. Social Ventures Partners. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. ^ Goshko, John M. (May 23, 1994). "CLINTON CHOICE FOR TANZANIA ENVOY OPPOSED". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 February 2020.


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