Warren Zimmermann

Warren Zimmermann
Warren Zimmermann speaking
at the Library of Congress in October 2002.
21st United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office
July 11, 1988 – May 16, 1992
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Douglas Scanlan
7th Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs
In office
June 15, 1992 – March 3, 1994
Preceded byPrinceton Lyman
Succeeded byPhyllis E. Oakley
Personal details
Born(1934-11-16)November 16, 1934
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 3, 2004(2004-02-03) (aged 69)
Great Falls, Virginia, U.S.
ProfessionDiplomat

Warren Zimmermann (November 16, 1934 – February 3, 2004) was an American career diplomat best known as the last US ambassador to SFR Yugoslavia before its disintegration in a series of civil wars.[1][2] Zimmermann was a member of the Yale Class of 1956, and a member of Scroll and Key Society. He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Great Falls, Virginia on February 3, 2004.[3]

  1. ^ "Warren Zimmermann Dies; Envoy to Yugoslavia Was 69". The New York Times. 5 February 2004.
  2. ^ Hella Pick (10 February 2004). "Obituary: Warren Zimmermann". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Warren Zimmerman [sic] Dies - The Washington Post Retrieved 2018-05-03.