Leonardo Neher
Leonardo Neher | |
|---|---|
| 9th Julius Waring Walker, Jr. | |
| Succeeded by | David H. Shinn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1922 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | May 11, 2015 (aged 92) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Leonardo Neher (December 5, 1922 – May 11, 2015) was an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso from 1984 to 1987 (then the Republic of Upper Volta).[1]
Biography
Neher was born on December 5, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended
Akron University from 1940 to 1941, and later graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.A. in 1948 and the University of Chicago
with a M.A. in 1952. Neher served in the U.S. Army in 1943 and left in 1946. He was a personnel technician at the Department of the Navy from 1952 to 1954.
In 1954 he entered the U.S. Foreign Service as a consular officer in
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as assistant for plans and policies until 1979. In the State Department he was Staff Director of the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service from 1979 to 1981, Inspector in the Office of the Inspector General in 1981, and Deputy Director of the Office of Analysis for Africa later on in 1981. In 1982, he was the Director of the Office of Analysis for Africa.[2]
On June 18, 1984, he was nominated to be the
United States Ambassador to Upper Volta by President Ronald Reagan while he was a resident in Maryland. He remained in that post until August 1, 1987, where he was succeeded by David H. Shinn
.
His foreign languages are Spanish and French. Neher died on May 11, 2015.[3]
References
- ^ "Office of the Historian - Department History - People - Leonardo Neher". History.state.gov. 1987-08-01. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ^ "Nomination of Leonardo Neher To Be United States Ambassador to Upper Volta". Reagan.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- ^ "Amb. Leonardo Neher (Ret.) 1922- 2015". The Washington Post. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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