April Glaspie

April Catherine Glaspie ( born April 26, 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is an American diplomat.

From 1988 to 1990 she served as Ambassador of the United States in Iraq. In this role, she signaled Saddam Hussein shortly before the invasion of Iraqi forces in Kuwait in 1990 that the United States had no position on this issue.

She was the first female ambassador in a country in the Middle East.

She then worked in the consular offices of the United States at the United Nations in New York. Until her retirement in 2002 led Glaspie, the U.S. Consulate General in Cape Town.