What is Azita Raji?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Azita Raji |image = Amb_Azita_Raji_200_1.jpg |office = [[United States Ambassador to Sweden]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |term_start = March 8, 2016 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = [[Mark Brzezinski]] |successor = [[Ken Howery]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1961|9|29}} |birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|8|1961|9|29}} |death_place = [[Belvedere, California|Belvedere]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |spouse = Gary Syman |children = 5 |alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] }} '''Azita Raji''' ({{lang-fa|آزیتا راجی}}, September 29, 1961 &ndash; February 8, 2022) was an Iranian-born American politician, banker, and philanthropist. She was nominated by President [[Barack Obama]] in October 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-SWEDEN-Raji_Comp_Statement.pdf|title= Report for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate|date= February 2015|publisher=The White House}}</ref> to serve as the [[United States Ambassador to Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/10/23/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date= 23 October 2014}}</ref> She was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] in February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/opinion/americas-empty-embassies.html?_r=0|title=America's Empty Embassies|date= 29 December 2015|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/us/politics/ted-cruz-is-appeased-and-norway-and-sweden-get-ambassadors.html|title=For Norway, an Envoy; For Cruz, a Street Name|date= 12 February 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/17/john-kerrys-leadership-team-comes-into-formation-after-confirmations/|title=Kerry Finally Fills Top Posit