Arnold Lewis Raphel

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Arnold Lewis Raphel (March 16, 1943 – August 17, 1988) was the 18th U.S. ambassador in Pakistan. He died in an air crash near Bhawalpur with then Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq and Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom, chief of the U.S. military group in Pakistan on August 17, 1988.

He was nominated by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded Dean Roesch Hinton.

The ambassador joined the US State Department in 1966. He graduated from Hamilton College (B.A., 1964) and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University (M.A., 1966). He knew Urdu, French and Persian besides English.

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• State of Residency: New Jersey
• Foreign Service officer
• Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• Appointment: May 4, 1987
• Presentation of Credentials: 24 June 1987
• Termination of Mission: Died near Bahawalpur, 17 August 1988

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• Former US Ambassadors to Pakistan
• President Reagan's Statement on the deaths of President Zia-ul-Haq and Arnold Raphel
• Nomination of Arnold Lewis Raphel To Be United States Ambassador to Pakistan
• Arnold L. Raphel, United States Ambassador
• Congressional gold medal to the family of Arnold Raphel
• A resolution to express the deep regret of the Senate regarding the deaths of Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel

Preceded by Deane Roesch Hinton

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan 1987–1988

Succeeded by Robert B. Oakley