Richard W. Murphy

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Richard W. Murphy 1979 as Ambassador to Manila at Clark Air Base .

Richard William Murphy (* 29. July 1929 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is a former American diplomat and ambassador of the United States in retirement .

He is married to Anne Cook and has three children and seven grandchildren.

education

Until 1947 he attended the Phillips Exeter Academy . In 1951 he received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University . In 1953 he received a bachelor's degree from Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge . From 1953 to 1955 he groin military service in the armed forces of the United States .

Career

1986 during the First Gulf War : Richard William Murphy with Saddam Hussein

In 1955 he joined the foreign service and was Vice Consul in Salisbury, Rhodesia until 1958 . From 1959 to 1971 he was employed in the Middle East Department. From 1971 to 1974 the ambassador was in Nouakchott ( Mauritania ). From 1974 to 1978 he was ambassador to Damascus ( Syria ). From 1978 to 1981 he was Jimmy Carter's ambassador to Ferdinand Marcos in Manila ( Philippines ). From 1981 to 1983 he was ambassador to Jeddah ( Saudi Arabia ). From October 28, 1983 to May 15, 1989, he was State Secretary for the Middle East . In this capacity, he was able to explain the Iran-Contra scandal to Saddam Hussein firsthand in 1986 .

Richard Murphy with Reginald Bartholomew after the bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983

From October 1, 1993 to June 30, 2004, he chaired the Middle East Roundtable at the Council on Foreign Relations . He currently serves on the board of directors of the United Nations Relief Society for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East .

Awards

He is a two-time recipient of the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award and a three-time recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Close Up from:
    Grandstand photograph from March 14, 1979, on the occasion of the handover of the facility management of Clark Air Base to the armed forces of the Philippines : from left to right: Carlos P. Rómulo , Foreign Minister of the Philippines, Ambassador Richard W. Murphy, Ferdinand Marcos , Imelda Marcos and David C. Jones , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . Negotiations in 1979 gave the Philippine military technical control over the bases
  2. ^ Richard W. Murphy and Saddam. Richard Murphy, US Assistant Secretary of State visiting with Saddam Hussein in 1986 and explaining Iran-Contra Scandal to him. [1]
  3. ^ Former United States Ambassador to Lebanon Reginald Bartholomew at a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon with Richard W. Murphy, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs. Photograph by Nancy Wong, September 1984.
  4. ↑ James G. Blight, Janet M. Lang, Hussein Banai, John Tirman, Malcolm Byrne, Becoming Enemies: US-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979-1988, p. 20
  5. ↑ Office of the Historian, United States Department of State , [2]
predecessor Office successor
Robert A. Stein US ambassador to Nouakchott ( Mauritania )
December 17, 1971 to June 5, 1974 		Holsey G. Handyside
Hugh H. Smythe U.S. Ambassador to Damascus
September 9, 1974 to April 23, 1978 		Talcott Williams Seelye
David D. Newsom US Ambassador to Manila
1978 to 1981 		Michael Armacost
Robert G. Neumann US Ambassador to Jeddah
1981-1983 		Walter L. Cutler
Nicholas A. Veliotes Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
October 28, 1983 to May 15, 1989 		John Hubert Kelly
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Richard W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Richard William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts