- Arnold Lewis Raphel
Arnold Lewis Raphel (
March 16 ,1943 –August 17 ,1988 ) was the 18th U.S. ambassador inPakistan . He died in anair crash nearBhawalpur with then Pakistani PresidentZia ul-Haq and Brigadier GeneralHerbert M. Wassom , chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan onAugust 17 1988 .He was nominated by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan . He succeeded Dean Roesch Hinton.The ambassador joined the US
State Department in 1966. He graduated fromHamilton College (B.A., 1964) and the Maxwell School atSyracuse University (M.A., 1966). He knewUrdu , French and Persian besides English.He was at one time married to fellow diplomat
Robin Raphel , but they divorced prior to his death.Profile
* State of Residency:
New Jersey
* Foreign Service officer
* Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
* Appointment:May 4 1987
* Presentation of Credentials:24 June 1987
* Termination of Mission: Died near Bahawalpur,17 August 1988 External links
* [http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pakistan/former_ambassadors.html Former US Ambassadors to Pakistan]
* [http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/081788b.htm President Reagan's Statement on the deaths of President Zia-ul-Haq and Arnold Raphel]
* [http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/101586b.htm Nomination of Arnold Lewis Raphel To Be United States Ambassador to Pakistan]
* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/alraphel.htm Arnold L. Raphel, United States Ambassador]
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c101:H.R.277.IH: Congressional gold medal to the family of Arnold Raphel]
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d100:5:./temp/~bdPWGC:: A resolution to express the deep regret of the Senate regarding the deaths of Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel]
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