Charles Franklin Dunbar (born April 1, 1937) is an American former diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer. He served in a number of capacities, including Chargé d'Affaires ad interim (Afghanistan) (January 1982 – May 1983), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Qatar (October 7, 1983 – March 23, 1985), and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Yemen (June 16, 1988 – June 13, 1991).[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Dunbar was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1937.[2]
- A.B., history Harvard College, 1959
- M.I.A. from the School of International Affairs, Columbia University, 1961
- A year of State Department-sponsored graduate study at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1980–81
Career[edit]
From 1962 to 1981, he was assigned to the American Embassies in Tehran, Kabul, Rabat, Algiers and Nouakchott, Mauritania as well as the American Consulate in Isfahan, Iran. Dunbar held several other posts until 1998 when he served as the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Western Sahara.[3]
Dunbar went on to serve as President of the nonprofit Cleveland Council on World Affairs from 1993 to 2000. He was an adjunct professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University, Warburg Professor in International Relations at Simmons College (2001–2004)[4] and professor (later lecturer) in International Relations at Boston University 2004–2012).[3]
Publications[edit]
- The Unification of Yemen: Process, Politics, and Prospects Middle East Journal Vol. 46, No. 3 (Summer, 1992), pp. 456–476[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Charles Franklin Dunbar". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Volume 23, Issues 26–39. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 1987. p. 1040. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ a b "CV" (PDF). Boston University. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "The Warburg Chair in International Relations". Simmons College. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Dunbar, Charles (1992). "The Unification of Yemen: Process, Politics, and Prospects". Middle East Journal. 46 (3): 456–476. JSTOR 4328466.
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1935–1948) |
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| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1948–1979) | ||
| Chargés d'affaires (1979–1989) | ||
The embassy was closed from January 30, 1989, to January 17, 2002; the liaison office reopened on December 17, 2001. | ||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (2001–2021) |
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The embassy transferred operations to Qatar on August 31, 2021. | ||
| Chargés d'affaires (2021–present) | ||
