Myles Frechette

Myles Frechette
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
25 July 1994 – 8 November 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byMorris D. Busby
Succeeded byCurtis W. Kamman
United States Ambassador to Cameroon
In office
8 September 1983 – 30 July 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byHume A. Horan
Succeeded byMark L. Edelman
Personal details
Born(1936-04-25)25 April 1936
Santiago, Chile
Died1 July 2017(2017-07-01) (aged 81)[1]
Rockville, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
SpouseBarbara Ann Frechette
Children2

Myles Robert Rene Frechette (25 April 1936 – 1 July 2017) was U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon (1983-1987) and Colombia (1994-1997).[2] A career diplomat, he joined the US Foreign Service in 1963;[3] other positions include assistant U.S. trade representative for Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa from 1990 to 1993.[4] He was also Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.[4]

  1. ^ "Notable deaths in the Washington area". The Washington Post. 2017-08-31. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09.
  2. ^ US State Dept, Myles Robert Rene Frechette (1936-)
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR MYLES R. R. FRECHETTE" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 4 September 2001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Myles Frechette". Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2013-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)