Larry C. Napper
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Larry C. Napper | |
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United States Ambassador to Latvia | |
| In office August 1, 1995 – October 1, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Ints Siliņš |
| Succeeded by | James Howard Holmes |
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| Born | November 27, 1947 San Antonio, Texas |
Larry C. Napper (born November 27, 1947) served as the
Napper was born in San Antonio, Texas. After graduating from Texas A&M University in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in history, he served in the United States army from 1969 to 1972. Following his honorable discharge from the Army at the rank of captain, Napper attended the University of Virginia from 1972 to 1974, earning a master's degree in government and foreign affairs. Napper entered the United States Foreign Service in August 1974.
After a year of Russian language training, Napper was assigned to the United States
In 1984, Napper returned to Embassy Moscow for a two-year assignment as Chief of the Foreign Affairs Unit of the Political Section. From 1986 to 1988 he served as Deputy Director of the Department's Office of southern African Affairs. After six months of Romanian language training, Napper became
From August 1991 to July 1994, Napper served as Director of the Department's Office of Soviet Union Affairs, reorganizing it as the Office of Independent States and Commonwealth Affairs following the collapse of the Soviet Union. During his tenure, the United States established diplomatic relations with each of the fifteen independent states that emerged from the Soviet Union, opening embassies in each of their capitals. Napper received the Presidential Meritorious Service Award in 1994, as well as other State Department individual and group awards.
Napper served as the U.S. ambassador to Latvia from July 1995 until July 1998. From July 1998 to June 2001, Napper was Coordinator for United States Assistance to Central and Eastern Europe, administering an assistance budget of more than $600 million.
Following his retirement from the foreign service, Napper took a position as senior lecturer at the
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References
- ^ Kazakhstan, Central Asia The Political Graveyard
- ^ "Larry C. Napper". The Bush School of Government & Public Service. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ "Larry C. Napper | Faculty | The Bush School of Government and Public Service". bush.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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