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Frank E. Baxter
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
2006–2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMartin J. Silverstein
Succeeded byDavid D. Nelson
Personal details
Born1936
California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceCalifornia
ProfessionBusinessman

Frank E. Baxter (born 1936)

United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Early life

Frank E. Baxter was born in

U.S. Air Force for four years.[2][3][5] In 1961, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in economics.[2][3][4][5]

Career

From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the

Jefferies and Company.[2][3][5] By 1987, he became its CEO, and started the Investment Technology Group.[2][3][4][5]

He has served on the board of directors of

Fremont College.[4][6]

He is also the chairman of the board of

I Have A Dream Foundation.[2][3][5][11] He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[5] Baxter is a member of the board of directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy.[12]

He is a member of the

Bet Tzedek award.[2][3][5]

US Ambassador to Uruguay

Baxter was appointed Ambassador to Uruguay on October 4, 2006, and assumed office on December 13 the same year.[1]

During Baxter's term, the US-Uruguay Trade and Investment Framework Agreement went into effect.[13]

His term also coincided with a period of tension over alleged CIA involvement in the assassination of Cecilia Fontana de Héber. Cecilia Fontana was from a prominent family — spouse of a

Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou in 2020 and sister-in-law to a President of Uruguay who served in the 1960s — and had died in 1978 after drinking from a bottle of poisoned wine. Citing communications obtained from the 2010 United States diplomatic cables leak, El País reported that Baxter delivered a request for declassification of documents related to the matter from Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez to George W. Bush in April 2008. The paper further reported that Baxter had pushed back by bringing up the killing of Dan Mitrione and expressed the hope "that the poisoned wine case has definitely been laid to rest".[14][15]

Baxter left the post in February 2009[1] and was succeeded by David D. Nelson.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Frank Baxter - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Baxter, Frank E." February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Embassy biography". Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Fremont College biography". Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Council of American Ambassadors". Archived from the original on November 19, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  6. ^ "Fremont College Board of Governors".
  7. ^ "Frank Baxter joins USC Rossier Board of Councilors – Rossier School of Education". Rossier School of Education. January 11, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  8. ^ "LA Opera Board of Directors". Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  9. ^ "Boards of Trustees - The Wall Street Journal Online - Interactive Graphics". s.wsj.net.
  10. ^ "Overseers". Hoover Institution.
  11. ^ "UC Berkeley Foundation".
  12. ^ "Board of Directors". Pacific Council on International Policy. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  13. ^ "FACT SHEET: The United States and Uruguay – A Growing Bilateral Relationship". whitehouse.gov. May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. ISSN 1134-6582
    . Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  15. ISSN 1134-6582
    . Retrieved June 27, 2020.

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