Wayne, Earl Anthony, 1950-

Earl Anthony Wayne (born 1950) is a retired American diplomat. He notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (2007-2009) and Mexico (2011-2015).

Born in Sacramento, California and raised in nearby Concord, Wayne earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and Master of Arts degrees from Stanford University and Princeton University before entering the Foreign Service in 1975. Early positions included being Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union; Director for Western Europe at the National Security Council; Director for Regional Affairs at the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism office; National Security Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor; First Secretary, U.S. Embassy Paris; Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Haig and Shultz; Line Officer in State’s Executive Secretariat; Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Rabat; and a China Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

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