James Bishop (diplomat)

James Bishop (right) with Ronald Reagan (1987)

James Keough Bishop (born July 21, 1938 in New Rochelle ) is an American diplomat .

Life

James Bishop attended the College of the Holy Cross , which he left with a bachelor's degree in 1960 . In the same year he joined the United States Department of State . Initially active as a press officer, he worked abroad from 1963. Bishop was Vice Consul in Auckland and Consul in Beirut , then economic officer in Beirut and Yaoundé . In the 1970s he worked in various senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most recently from 1977 to 1979 as director for North African affairs.

Bishop became the United States Ambassador to Niger in 1979 . He held this office until 1981. That year he graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies , where he obtained a Master of International Public Policy (MIPP). From 1981 to 1987 he served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker . In 1987 Bishop was appointed US ambassador to Liberia . In 1990 he moved to Somalia as ambassador . Because of the Somali civil war , the embassy in Mogadishu had to be evacuated and Bishop and other foreigners were flown out by marines in early 1991 . James Bishop then served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Richard Schifter . In 1993 he retired.

Web links

The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador Richard K. Bishop, Jr. Interviewed by: Charles S. Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 15, 1995. 1998 (PDF, English).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Nomination of James Keough Bishop To Be United States Ambassador to Somalia. In: The American Presidency Project. April 19, 1990, accessed March 19, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b James Keough Bishop (1938–). Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed March 19, 2017 .
^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador Richard K. Bishop, Jr. (PDF) Interviewed by: Charles S. Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 15, 1995. 1998, pp. 100-101, 104 , accessed on March 19, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Bishop, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bishop, James Keough (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Rochelle

[Presidency-1] A ^b Nomination of James Keough Bishop To Be United States Ambassador to Somalia. In: The American Presidency Project. April 19, 1990, accessed March 19, 2017 .

[Department-2] James Keough Bishop (1938–). Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed March 19, 2017 .

[3] The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador Richard K. Bishop, Jr. (PDF) Interviewed by: Charles S. Kennedy. Initial interview date: November 15, 1995. 1998, pp. 100-101, 104 , accessed on March 19, 2017 (English).