Richard C. Brown

Richard C. Brown ( born November 1, 1939 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, † 2004) was an American diplomat and civil servant.

Life

Brown was married, had two children and lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In 1960 he completed his studies at the George Washington University with a bachelor's degree in 1961 as a master.

Brown joined the diplomatic service in 1963. From 1963 to 1964 he made ​​public work against the government in Cuba. From 1964 to 1965 Brown learned Vietnamese. From 1965 to 1966 he was an officer in the province of United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam. From 1967 to 1969 he was political officer of the U.S. Consulate in Barcelona with Francisco Franco.

From 1969 to 1972, Brown was a civil servant in the Department for the Americas of the U.S. State Department. From 1972 to 1974 Brown was political officer of the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. From 1974 to 1976 Brown was the first officer of the U.S. Consulate in Recife, Brazil. From 1976 to 1978 Brown was deputy ambassador in Port Louis in Mauritius.

From 1978 to 1981 Brown was a member of the Committee on Latin American Affairs at the National Security Council. From 1981 to 1982 he studied at the National War College. From 1982 to 1983 Brown was Deputy Director of the Karibikkabteilung of the U.S. State Department. From 1983 to 1984 he was Director of the Grenada Task Force. From 1984 to 1985 Brown was Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs. In 1985 he held the post of deputy head of the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo.

From 1988 to 1990, Brown served as Deputy Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. As such, he made ​​preparations for the U.S. invasion of Panama.

Brown was a 1990 special adviser in the Defense of the United States. President George Bush appointed him on 13 June 1990 as Ambassador to Uruguay.

After the terrorist attacks on the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, Brown was in a commission of inquiry Accountability Review Board.

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  • United States Ambassador to Uruguay
  • Americans
  • Born in 1939
  • Died in 2004
  • Man
Chevy Chase (Maryland)
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