Joseph Sullivan (diplomat)

Joseph Gerard Sullivan (born August 1944)[1] is a career minister in the Senior Foreign Service who has served as the American ambassador to Zimbabwe (2001-2004) and Angola (1998-2001).[2] He was also Principal Officer in Cuba from 1993 to 1996. He was nominated to be Ambassador to Nicaragua but his nomination was not acted upon by the Senate.[3]

Sullivan lived in the Neponset section of Dorchester, Boston until he was ten years old, when the family moved to the nearby St. Ann's parish. In seventh grade, he started attending the Boston Latin School.[1] Sullivan earned an M.A. degree in Government from Georgetown University and a B.A. degree from Tufts University (class of 1966).[2]

References
  1. "Ambassador Joseph G. Sullivan" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Joseph Gerard Sullivan". State Department Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Joseph Gerard Sullivan". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 15 January 2020.


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