Robert L. Pugh
Robert Lee Pugh | |
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United States Ambassador to Mauritania | |
In office September 5, 1985 – July 5, 1988 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Edward Lionel Peck |
Succeeded by | William H. Twaddell |
Personal details | |
Born | Clinton, Pennsylvania | 27 October 1931
Died | 28 January 2013 Columbus, Mississippi | (aged 81)
Spouse(s) | Bonnie Barnes Pugh Thelma Jackson Pugh |
Profession | Diplomat |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 1954–61 |
Rank | Captain |
Robert Lee Pugh (October 27, 1931 – January 28, 2013) was an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1988 to 1989 and Mauritania from 1985 to 1988.
Biography
Pugh was born on October 27, 1931, in Clinton, Pennsylvania.
He was awarded the State Department's Award for Valor in 1983 for his work in Beirut.[2]
On September 5, 1985, Pugh became the United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, after having been nominated by President Reagan. He left that post in 1988, and was nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Chad shortly after. He left the ambassadorship in 1989.
Pugh was married in 1955 to Bonnie (Barnes) Pugh, who died aboard UTA Flight 772. He had two children, Malcom Pugh and Anne (Pugh) Carey.[3]
Pugh died on January 28, 2013, at age 81 in Columbus, Mississippi, from Parkinson's disease.[4]
References
- ^ "Office of the Historian – Department History – People – Robert L. Pugh". History.state.gov. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Ambassador Robert Lee Pugh – Obituary – The Dispatch". www.cdispatch.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Nomination of Robert L. Pugh To Be United States Ambassador to Chad". utexas.edu. 24 June 1988. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Ambassador Robert Lee Pugh".
External links
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Chad
- United States Department of State: Chad
- United States Embassy in N'Djamena
This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.