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7 unusual facts about Ambassadors of the United States


Elinor G. Constable

Elinor Greer Constable (born 1934) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Kenya (1986–89).

Richard Kenneth Fox

(born October 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1977–79).

Robert E. Hunter

He was National Security Council Director of West European Affairs (1977–1979), Director of Middle East Affairs (1979–1981) (in the administration of President Jimmy Carter), and United States Ambassador to NATO (1993–1998) (in the administration of President Bill Clinton), where he was principal architect and negotiator of the "new NATO."

Run, Spy, Run

Carter and Julia Baron are assigned to protect US Ambassador to the United Nations, Lyle Harcourt - a staunch anti-Communist - as he travels to London.

Silvia Lawson Johnston

In her early years she emigrated to the United States, where her father was working with the United Nations as a diplomat before his later work as the Argentinian ambassador to Yugoslavia and The Netherlands.

Walter L. Cutler

Walter Leon Cutler (born November 25, 1931 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Congo-Kinshasa (1975-79), Tunisia (1982-84), Saudi Arabia (1984-87; 1987-89), and Ambassador-Designate to Iran (1979).

William L. Swing

He is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador, and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Under Secretary General.


John Hugh Crimmins

John Hugh Crimmins (November 26, 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts - December 12, 2007 in Mitchellville, Maryland.) was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Dominican Republic (1966–69) and Brazil (1973–78).

Paul A. Russo

He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.


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