Richard Bogosian

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Richard Wayne Bogosian (born July 18, 1937 in Boston ) is an American diplomat .

Life

Richard Bogosian is a son of Armenian immigrants. He graduated from Tufts University in 1959 as a Bachelor of Arts and studied law at the University of Chicago Law School , which he graduated in 1962 as a Juris Doctor .

Bogosian joined the United States Department of State in 1962 . He worked in the Middle East and South Asia Department . From 1963 to 1965 he worked in Baghdad . After a French course, he worked from 1966 to 1968 as the American Vice Consul in Paris . Bogosian then worked in the Foreign Ministry's information and research office until 1971. In 1972 he took a further training course in economics, after which he was head of the economic section of the American representation in Kuwait until 1976 . From 1976 he was Deputy Head of the Embassy in Khartoum in Sudan until 1979 when he was appointed Head of Aviation Negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1982 he became director of the East African Affairs Office.

Richard Bogosian was the United States Ambassador to Niger from 1985 to 1988 . From 1988 to 1990 he was director of monetary affairs at the US State Department. He then worked again as ambassador from 1990 to 1993 , this time in Chad . He was then from 1993 to 1994 coordinator of the US Mission in Mogadishu in Somalia . His last position was from 1996 to 1997 as coordinator for Rwanda and Burundi in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bogosian is married and has three children. He speaks Arabic and French .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador Richard W. Bogosian. (PDF) Interviewed by: Vladimir Lehovich. Initial interview date: April 1, 1998. 2000, p. 7 , accessed on January 18, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Nominations & Appointments, July 19, 1985. (No longer available online.) Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, archived from the original on January 19, 2018 ; accessed on January 18, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.reaganlibrary.gov
  3. ^ A b Richard Wayne Bogosian (1937–). Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State, accessed January 18, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador Richard W. Bogosian. (PDF) Interviewed by: Vladimir Lehovich. Initial interview date: April 1, 1998. 2000, pp. 4–5 , accessed on January 18, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Bogosian, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bogosian, Richard Wayne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston