Everett Ellis Briggs
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Everett Ellis Briggs | |
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United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
In office May 25, 1990 – September 3, 1993 | |
President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Edward Morgan Rowell |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Frawley Bagley |
16th United States Ambassador to Honduras | |
In office November 4, 1986 – June 15, 1989 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | John Arthur Ferch |
Succeeded by | Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr. |
United States Ambassador to Panama | |
In office October 29, 1982 – February 24, 1986 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Arthur H. Davis, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Havana, Cuba | April 6, 1934
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Profession | Diplomat |
Everett Ellis Briggs (born April 6, 1934 in Havana, Cuba) is a United States diplomat.
Briggs was born in Havana, Cuba in 1934, to Ellis Ormsbee Briggs and Lucy Barnard Briggs,[1] where his father was stationed as a U.S. diplomat.[2]
He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.[3]
He served as United States Ambassador to Panama from 1982–1986, United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1986–1989, and United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1990–1993. He also served abroad in Angola, Ecuador.
He worked to indict Manuel Noriega, during his term in Panama.[4] He was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on the National Security Council.[5]
He was president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.[6]
References
- ^ "Everett Briggs". NNDB. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Career diplomat was literally born to be a U.S. ambassador". New London, Connecticut: The Day. 25 September 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Alumni Ambassadors". Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ Everett Ellis Briggs (September 10, 2007). "Our man in Panama". The New York Times.
- ^ http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=498&year=1989&month=6
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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