Everett Ellis Briggs

Everett Ellis Briggs (born April 6, 1934 in Havana, Cuba) is a United States diplomat.

Everett Ellis Briggs
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
May 25, 1990 – September 3, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byEdward Morgan Rowell
Succeeded byElizabeth Frawley Bagley
16th United States Ambassador to Honduras
In office
November 4, 1986 – June 15, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Arthur Ferch
Succeeded byCresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office
October 29, 1982 – February 24, 1986
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byAmbler Holmes Moss, Jr.
Succeeded byArthur H. Davis, Jr.
Personal details
Born (1934-04-06) April 6, 1934
Havana, Cuba
FatherEllis O. Briggs
ProfessionDiplomat

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 to 1986, United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1986 to 1989, and United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1990 to 1993. He also served abroad in Bolivia, Occupied Berlin, Angola, Paraguay and Colombia. [NOT in 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]

He is the author of two memoirs, Ambassador's Apprentice and Honor to State (2018).

References
  1. "Everett Briggs". NNDB. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. "Career diplomat was literally born to be a U.S. ambassador". New London, Connecticut: The Day. 25 September 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. "Alumni Ambassadors". Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  4. Everett Ellis Briggs (September 10, 2007). "Our man in Panama". The New York Times.
  5. http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=498&year=1989&month=6
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr.		 United States Ambassador to Panama
1982–1986		 Succeeded by
Arthur H. Davis, Jr.
Preceded by
John Arthur Ferch		 United States Ambassador to Honduras
1986–1989		 Succeeded by
Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
Preceded by
Edward Morgan Rowell		 United States Ambassador to Portugal
1990–1993		 Succeeded by
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley


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