Philip Bonsal

Philip Bonsal
United States Ambassador to Morocco
In office
May 24, 1961 – August 8, 1962
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byCharles Woodruff Yost
Succeeded byJohn H. Ferguson
United States Ambassador to Cuba
In office
March 3, 1959 – October 28, 1960
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byEarl E. T. Smith
Succeeded byJeffrey DeLaurentis (Acting, in 2015)
United States Ambassador to Bolivia
In office
May 10, 1957 – February 6, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byGerald A. Drew
Succeeded byCarl W. Strom
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
April 1, 1955 – April 24, 1957
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byRudolf E. Schoenfeld
Succeeded byJohn M. Cabot
Personal details
Born(1903-05-22)May 22, 1903
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 1995(1995-06-28) (aged 92)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseMargaret Lockett
Parent(s)Stephen Bonsal
Henrietta Morris
Relatives

Philip Wilson Bonsal (May 22, 1903 – June 28, 1995) was an American career diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. A specialist on Latin America, he served as United States Ambassador to Cuba from February 1959 until October 1960, the first months of the Castro regime.