Carl Cundiff

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Carl Copeland Cundiff (born March 29, 1941 in New Orleans ) is an American diplomat .

Life

Carl Cundiff graduated from the University of the South in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts . He then attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy , where he did a Master of Arts in 1964 and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy in 1965 .

Cundiff joined the United States Department of State in 1965 , for which he soon worked at the US Embassy in Singapore . In 1968 he received the title Doctor of Philosophy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy . He subsequently worked as an economic expert, among others for the United States Agency for International Development in Saigon and for the representation of the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris . In 1974 he graduated from Harvard Kennedy School with a Master of Public Administration .

After several years at home, Cundiff worked from 1980 to 1982 as Counselor for Economic Affairs at the US Embassy in Lagos , Nigeria . He then worked from 1982 to 1986 as Deputy Head of the US Embassy in Abidjan , Ivory Coast . He then worked as a director in the Department of Nutrition and Strategy Programs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carl Cundiff succeeded Richard Bogosian as the United States' Ambassador to Niger in 1988 . In this position he was replaced in 1991 by Jennifer Ward .

Cundiff is married and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ronald Reagan: Nomination of Carl Copeland Cundiff To Be United States Ambassador to Niger. In: The American Presidency Project. June 16, 1988, accessed January 19, 2018 .
  2. ^ Chiefs of Mission for Niger. Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed January 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cundiff, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cundiff, Carl Copeland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans