April Glaspie
| April Catherine Glaspie | |
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April Glaspie meets Saddam Hussein in 1990.
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| 13th United States Ambassador to Iraq | |
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In office September 5, 1988 – July 30, 1990 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | David George Newton |
| Succeeded by | Joseph C. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1942 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies |
| Profession | Diplomat |
April Catherine Glaspie (born April 26, 1942) is an American former diplomat and senior member of the Foreign Service, best known for her role in the events leading up to the Gulf War.
Glaspie was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California, in 1963, and from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 1965.
In 1966 Glaspie entered the United States foreign service, where she became an expert on the Middle East. After postings in Kuwait, Syria, and Egypt, Glaspie was appointed ambassador to Iraq in 1989. She was the first woman to be appointed an American ambassador to an Arab country. She had a reputation as a respected Arabist, and her instructions were to broaden cultural and commercial contacts with the Iraqi regime.
Subsequently, Glaspie was posted to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City. She was later posted to South Africa as Consul general in Cape Town. She held this post until her retirement in 2002.
Glaspie's appointment as U.S. ambassador to Iraq followed a period from 1980 to 1988 during which the United States had given covert support to Iraq during its war with Iran.
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