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USAID Swears In New Mission Director for Macedonia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2007
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Randall L. Tobias, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and the Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administered the oath of office to Patricia Rader, as the USAID Mission Director for the Republic of Macedonia.

Patricia Rader has had a long and varied career with USAID, which has taken her to Africa and most recently to Pakistan as Deputy Mission Director. During this period she also served as the Acting Mission Director.

"Patricia has proved her mettle in Pakistan - a critical, high threat post - and helped to establish it as model for integrating long-term development objectives into countries which are faced with extremely difficult security and development challenges, and are at the same time high priorities for foreign assistance and foreign policy," said Ambassador Tobias.

Macedonia is a survivor and one of the success stories of the Balkans. While it entered independence, in 1991 as one of the least developed countries to come out of Yugoslavia, and has faced significant challenges in its transition to democracy, its progress in that respect has been as impressive as its commitment to economic growth. Macedonia also had to weather an economic embargo after independence, a multitude of refugees from Kosovo in 1999, and its own internal conflict in 2001. The U.S. is committed to maintaining peace and stability in Macedonia, and was a signatory to the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement, which brought an end to conflict between ethnic Albanian insurgents and government security forces.

Macedonia's main challenges are to continue to reduce poverty, revive the economy and create jobs, and ease inter-ethnic tensions. In December 2005, the European Council granted Macedonia European Union (EU) candidate status, but did not set a date for the start of accession negotiations. The U.S. supports Macedonia's entry into the EU and NATO, and towards this end USAID focuses on economic growth, good governance, and education programs.

Prior to her assignment in Pakistan, Rader was the Director of the Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau Program Office at USAID's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She previously served in Tanzania, and has spent several years in the Africa Bureau, also in Washington.

Ms. Rader has an MS from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C., an MA from the Fletcher School, Tufts University in Boston, and a BA from the University of Connecticut.

For more information about USAID in Macedonia, please go to http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/countries/mk/.

The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.

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