Walter L. Cutler | |
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Cutler in 1984 with President Ronald Reagan | |
| Born | (1931年11月25日)November 25, 1931 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University (B.A.)Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.) |
Walter Leon Cutler (born November 25, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an international consultant and advisor, with a focus on the Middle East, and a former U.S. Ambassador.[1][2]
Cutler was previously a career diplomat, serving twice as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1984–87, 1988–89); Tunisia (1982–84); and Congo-Zaire (1975-79).[3] He was Ambassador-Designate to the Pahlavi Kingdom of Iran before diplomatic relations were broken in 1980. Other foreign service included opening the first American post in Yaounde, Cameroon; political officer in Algiers just after Algeria's independence; consul in Tabriz, Iran; political-military officer in Seoul, Korea, at the time of North Korea's capture of the U.S intelligence ship Pueblo; and political officer in Saigon during the Vietnam war. At the Department of State he served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State; Special Assistant for Vietnam Negotiations; Director of Central African Affairs; and Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. In 1987-88 he was a research professor of diplomacy at Georgetown University.
From 1989 to 2006, Cutler was President of Meridian International Center, a not-for-profit institution in Washington, D.C. dedicated to promoting global understanding through the exchange of people, ideas and the arts. He now serves as President Emeritus.
現在、妻イザベル(ディディ)と共にワシントンD.C.に在住。外交問題評議会、アメリカ外交アカデミー、外交研究訓練協会、外交官協会、中東研究所、全米アラブ関係評議会、チュニジア系アメリカ人若手プロフェッショナル協会、そしてGlobalTies USの会員。マサチューセッツ州ボストン生まれ。コネチカット州ミドルタウンのウェズリアン大学とマサチューセッツ州メドフォードのフレッチャー国際法外交大学院を卒業し、2年間アメリカ陸軍に勤務した。