Charles E. Bohlen | |
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| United States Ambassador to France | |
| In office October 27, 1962 – February 9, 1968 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | James M. Gavin |
| Succeeded by | Sargent Shriver |
| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
| In office June 4, 1957 – October 15, 1959 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Albert F. Nufer |
| Succeeded by | John D. Hickerson |
| United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union | |
| In office April 20, 1953 – April 18, 1957 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | George F. Kennan |
| Succeeded by | Llewellyn E. Thompson |
| 7th and 9th Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
| In office July 12, 1951 – March 29, 1953 | |
| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | George F. Kennan |
| Succeeded by | Douglas MacArthur II |
| In office August 1, 1947 – August 3, 1949 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Victor Cohen |
| Succeeded by | George F. Kennan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Eustis Bohlen August 30, 1904 Clayton, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 1974 (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Spouse | Avis Howard Thayer Bohlen |
| Children | Avis T. Charles E., Jr. Celestine E. Bohlen |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was an American diplomat, ambassador, and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape United States foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe.
In 1934, he served as a diplomat in the first US embassy to the Soviet Union in Moscow as well as during and after World War II. He succeeded George F. Kennan as ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1957. He served as ambassador to the Philippines from 1957 to 1959 and to France from 1962 to 1968. He was an advisor to every U.S. President from 1943 to 1968 and one of the nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who were known colloquially as "The Wise Men."