Robert Murphy (diplomat)
Robert Daniel Murphy (* 28. October 1894 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ; † 9. January 1978 in Washington, DC ) was a diplomat of the United States .
life and career
Murphy began his diplomatic career in 1917 as a member of the American representation in Bern ( Switzerland ). He was also vice-consul in Zurich and Munich , American Consul in Paris from 1930 to 1936 and charge d'affaires in the Vichy government .
In 1941, at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's request, he led the investigation into conditions in French North Africa in preparation for the Allied landing - Operation Torch , the first major Allied ground offensive in World War II . He became the President's personal representative in the rank of Minister for French North Africa . For the remainder of the war, Murphy was the chief political advisor on Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff , the Allied Commander-in-Chief in Western Europe from 1944, and after the end of the war at the Office of Military Government for Germany (US) (OMGUS).
He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1949, succeeding Alan G. Kirk, and from 1952 to Japan . In 1953, he was Under Secretary of State for UN Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs ) and Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Murphy was personal envoy of President Eisenhower during the Lebanon crisis in 1958 and 1959, then Secretary of State for Political Affairs ( Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ). He retired from active service later that year but remained an advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon .
Murphy was depicted on a United States postage stamp pad in 2006 depicting prominent diplomats from the United States. His daughter was the successful actress Rosemary Murphy .
Works
- Diplomat warriors (engl. Diplomat Among Warrior , 1964)
Web links
- To Robert Daniel Murphy ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Literature by and about Robert Murphy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Newspaper article about Robert Murphy in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
- Robert Murphy in nndb (English)
- Robert D. Murphy on usdiplomacy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ U.S. State Department page , accessed January 1, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murphy, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murphy, Robert Daniel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1978 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |