Everett Ellis Briggs Explained

Everett Ellis Briggs
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Portugal
Term Start:May 25, 1990
Term End:September 3, 1993
President:George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Predecessor:Edward Morgan Rowell
Successor:Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
Order2:16th
Ambassador From2:United States
Country2:Honduras
Term Start2:November 4, 1986
Term End2:June 15, 1989
President2:Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Predecessor2:John Arthur Ferch
Successor2:Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
Ambassador From3:United States
Country3:Panama
Term Start3:October 29, 1982
Term End3:February 24, 1986
President3:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor3:Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr.
Successor3:Arthur H. Davis, Jr.
Birth Date:6 April 1934
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Profession:Diplomat
Father:Ellis O. Briggs

Everett Ellis Briggs (born April 6, 1934, in Havana, Cuba) is a United States diplomat.

Briggs was born in Havana, Cuba in 1934, to Ellis Ormsbee Briggs and Lucy Barnard Briggs,[1] where his father was stationed as a U.S. diplomat.[2]

He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.[3]

He served as United States Ambassador to Panama from 1982 to 1986, United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1986 to 1989, and United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1990 to 1993. He also served abroad in Bolivia, Occupied Berlin, Angola, Paraguay and Colombia.

He worked to indict Manuel Noriega, during his term in Panama.[4] He was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on the National Security Council.[5]

He was president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.[6]

He is the author of two memoirs, Ambassador's Apprentice and Honor to State (2018).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Everett Briggs. NNDB. 8 February 2016.
  2. News: Career diplomat was literally born to be a U.S. ambassador. 8 February 2016. The Day. 25 September 1984. New London, Connecticut.
  3. Web site: Alumni Ambassadors . Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. . 2007-08-22 .
  4. News: Our man in Panama. Everett Ellis Briggs. The New York Times. September 10, 2007 .
  5. Web site: Archives and Research - George Bush Library and Museum.
  6. Web site: The Cuba Center for a Free Cuba . 2011-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928160910/http://www.cubacenter.org/media/experts.html . 2011-09-28 . dead .