Murat W. Williams
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Murat W. Williams | |
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US Ambassador to El Salvador | |
In office February 21, 1961 – July 4, 1964 | |
President | John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Thorsten V. Kalijarvi |
Succeeded by | Raúl H. Castro |
Murat Willis Williams (1919 in Richmond, Virginia[1] – March 31, 1994 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American Career Foreign Service officer who was Ambassador to El Salvador from 1961 to 1964.[2]
A graduate of the University of Virginia and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford for three years,[1] Williams served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II before joining the Foreign Service. Williams died of a stroke in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 79.[2]
References
- ^ a b "AMBASSADOR MURAT WILLIAMS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Murat W. Williams; Ambassador, 79". The New York Times. April 3, 1994. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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