Diego C. Asencio

Diego Asencio
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office December 6, 1977 – June 22, 1980
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Phillip V. Sanchez
Succeeded by	Thomas D. Boyatt
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office December 20, 1983 – February 28, 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Langhorne A. Motley
Succeeded by	Harry W. Shlaudeman
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Profession	Diplomat

Diego Cortes Asencio (born 15 July 1931, Spain) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Colombia (1977–1980) and United States Ambassador to Brazil (1983–86). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.

In 1980 Asencio was - along with a dozen other diplomats - held hostage for 61 days when members of the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19), led by Rosemberg Pabón, seized the Dominican Republic's embassy in Bogotá.

Books

• Diego Asencio (1983), Our Man Is Inside, Little Brown, ISBN 978-0316052948

External links

• People, 30 June 1980, Hero Diplomat Diego Ascencio Reflects on His 61 Perilous Days as a Hostage in Bogotá

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Phillip V. Sanchez	United States Ambassador to Colombia December 6, 1977 – June 22, 1980	Succeeded by Thomas D. Boyatt
Government offices
Preceded by Barbara M. Watson	Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs August 29, 1980 – November 21, 1983	Succeeded by Joan M. Clark
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Langhorne A. Motley	United States Ambassador to Brazil December 20, 1983 – February 28, 1986	Succeeded by Harry W. Shlaudeman

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Name	Asencio, Diego Cortes
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Date of birth	July 15, 1931
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