Robert L. Yost
Robert L. Yost | |
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Thomas P. Melady | |
| Succeeded by | David E. Mark |
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| Born | Robert Lloyd Yost 1907 United States of America |
| Education | University of California (1942) George Washington University (I.R.) |
Robert Lloyd Yost (1922
United States Ambassador to Burundi from 1972 to 1974 and to the Dominican Republic from 1978 until 1982, when he retired.,[1][2]
During Yost's tenure in Burundi, the Ikiza was happening. This was a major concern for President Richard Nixon and after many attempts to bring about a resolution, Yost was recalled by Nixon “as a first step in an informal break of diplomatic relations with Burundi’s “butchers”“ as Nixon referred to them.[3]
Yost was an Army veteran of World War II. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1942 and received a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University. He was a graduate of the National War College.[4]
A resident of Oakland, California, Yost died of liver failure at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, California.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Robert L. Yost; Diplomat, 67". The New York Times. June 6, 1990. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ "Robert Lloyd Yost (1922–1990)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Jordan D. "The U.S. response to the Burundi Genocide of 1972". JMU Scholarly Commons. James Madison University. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ "Obituaries". The Washington Post. June 5, 1990. Retrieved February 5, 2020.