Robert C. Frasure

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Robert C. Frasure
United States Ambassador to Estonia
In office
March 23, 1992 – July 8, 1994
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Succeeded byLawrence Palmer Taylor
Personal details
Born(1942-04-20)April 20, 1942
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
DiedAugust 19, 1995(1995-08-19) (aged 53)
Igman mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Alma materWest Virginia University;
London School of Economics;
Duke University.
ProfessionDiplomat, Career Ambassador
AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal

Robert C. Frasure (April 20, 1942 – August 19, 1995) was an American

United States Ambassador to Estonia following Estonia's regained independence from the Soviet Union.[1]

Biography

Born in

University of the South and contributed to various professional journals including the American Political Science Review
.

He joined the

State Department Superior Honors for his contributions to diplomacy in Africa that led to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola in 1989 and the independence of Namibia in 1991. During 1990-1991, he served as the Africa Director at the National Security Council
.

He initiated the reestablishment of the American diplomatic presence in Estonia as Chargé d'affaires in September 1991, following Estonia's reconfirmation of independence from the Soviet Union, and was sworn in as the first "post-Soviet" American Ambassador to Estonia on March 26, 1992.

He left Estonia in 1994 and became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs with particular responsibility for Bosnia.

Death

aftermath of the accident

Frasure was killed in an

automobile accident on the Igman mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 19, 1995, while on a mission to negotiate a U.S. proposal to end the conflict in Bosnia. Joseph Kruzel and Col. Sam Nelson Drew were also killed.[2] The trio had to travel over Igman in order reach the besieged Bosnian capital. The main roads, which were not as dangerous as the narrow mountain roads, were blocked by the Serbs besieging Sarajevo
, forcing the diplomats to take the more dangerous route.

On December 15, 1995, he was awarded the

Mengistu regime in Ethiopia and the airlifting of more than 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel
.

In 2010, a street in

US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in the street. Hillary Clinton opened the new embassy and announced the new street name in October 2010.[3]

The Robert C. Frasure Award is named after him.

Frasure, as Special Envoy to the President, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The first American Ambassador to Estonia" (PDF).
  2. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. ^ "New Embassy Compound and Robert C. Frasure Street Dedication". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ^ Burial Detail: Frasure, Robert C – ANC Explorer

External links

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Seat established
United States Ambassador to Estonia

1992–1994 		Succeeded by
Lawrence P. Taylor
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