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John Gunther Dean
Ambassador Dean arriving in Thailand, 1975
United States Ambassador to India
In office September 6, 1985 – November 7, 1988
President
Ronald Reagan
Preceded by
Harry G. Barnes, Jr.
Succeeded by
John R. Hubbard
United States Ambassador to Thailand
In office October 26, 1981 – June 6, 1985
President
Ronald Reagan
Preceded by
Morton I. Abramowitz
Succeeded by
William Andreas Brown
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
In office October 10, 1978 – June 23, 1981
President
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Preceded by
Richard Bordeaux Parker
Succeeded by
Robert Sherwood Dillon
United States Ambassador to Denmark
In office November 6, 1975 – July 18, 1978
President
Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Preceded by
Philip K. Crowe
Succeeded by
Warren Demian Manshel
United States Ambassador to the Khmer Republic
In office April 3, 1974 – April 12, 1975
President
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by
Emory C. Swank
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
Gunther Dienstfertig
February 24, 1926 Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
Died
June 6, 2019(2019-06-06) (aged 93) Paris, France
Spouse
Martine Duphenieux
Children
3
Alma mater
Harvard University (B.S., M.A.) University of Paris (J.D.)
Profession
Diplomat
John Gunther Dean (born Gunther Dienstfertig; February 24, 1926 – June 6, 2019) was an American diplomat. From 1974 to 1988, he served as the United States ambassador to five nations under four American presidents.
JohnGuntherDean (born Gunther Dienstfertig; February 24, 1926 – June 6, 2019) was an American diplomat. From 1974 to 1988, he served as the United States...
the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975. US Ambassador JohnGuntherDean recalls that, unlike many government officials who fled Phnom Penh...
returned to Cambodia during 1974 and resumed his political activities: JohnGuntherDean, the US ambassador, soon complained about Non's "frantic maneuvering"...
the capital. On 12 April 1975, United States Ambassador to Cambodia JohnGuntherDean offered high officials of the Khmer Republic political asylum in the...
during Operation Eagle Pull. The 276 evacuees included U.S. Ambassador JohnGuntherDean, other American diplomatic personnel, Acting President Saukam Khoy...
following day. According to the then United States Ambassador to Lebanon, JohnGuntherDean, the 13 hostages were released with the assistance of the Palestine...
Richard B. Parker (1977–1978) JohnGuntherDean (1978–1981) Robert Sherwood Dillon (1981–1983) Reginald Bartholomew (1983–1986) John Hubert Kelly (1986–1988)...
office was short. He left Phnom Penh together with American Ambassador JohnGuntherDean aboard a CH-53 helicopter during the evacuation of American embassy...
family and party to Pochentong, where Lon Nol met American ambassador JohnGuntherDean before boarding an Air Cambodge flight to U-Tapao in Thailand and...
given the deterioration in the defences around Phnom Penh, Ambassador JohnGuntherDean requested the deployment of the 10-man Operation Eagle Pull command...
Yale U.P. ISBN 0300105460., US ambassador 1951-53 and 1963–69 Galbraith, John K. Ambassador's journal: a personal account of the Kennedy years (1969) online...
to his diplomatic career, Parker taught at the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, and Lawrence University. He also served as the first...
October 11, 1983 President Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Preceded by JohnGuntherDean Succeeded by Reginald Bartholomew Personal details Born (1929-01-07)...
Karpov became the new champ "without moving a pawn". At the request of JohnGuntherDean, the American ambassador to Cambodia, U.S. President Ford ordered...
original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2021. "Ambassador Eric G. John - U.S. Embassy Bangkok, Thailand". August 14, 2010. Archived from the original...
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