David E. Zweifel
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David Eugene Zweifel (September 13, 1934 – January 1, 2022) was United States Ambassador to North Yemen from 1981 to 1984. Zweifel entered the US Foreign Service in 1962, undertaking an assignment as a political officer in Brazil.[1]
Biography
[edit]Zweifel graduated from Oregon State University (B.S., 1957; education major, planning on a teaching career).[2] He served in the U.S. Navy as lieutenant in 1957-62 and as a Naval ROTC instructor at Princeton University in 1960–62.[1]
Zweifel died from complications of cancer on January 1, 2022, at the age of 87.[3]
List of foreign assignments
[edit]- Consul, Rio de Janeiro (1993-1995)[4]
- Ambassador to North Yemen (1981–84)
- Deputy Chief of Mission, Amman, Jordan (1979–81)[5]
- Deputy Chief of Mission, Muscat, Oman (1974–76)
- Political Officer, Mexico City, Mexico (1971–74)
- Consul, Amman, Jordan (1969–70)
- Personnel Officer (1965–67)
- Political Officer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1962)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nomination of David Eugene Zweifel To Be United States Ambassador to the Yemen Arab Republic". American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR DAVID E. ZWEIFEL" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 3 September 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "David E. Zweifel". Legacy. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Consulate General Rio de Janeiro". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Neuman, Ronald E. (6 November 2017). Three Embassies, Four Wars: A Personal Memoir. ISBN 978-1-5434-5405-5. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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