Arnold Lewis Raphel (March 16, 1943 – August 17, 1988) was the 18th U.S. ambassador in Pakistan. He was killed when a plane in which he was a passenger mysteriously crashed 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.
He was at one time married to fellow diplomat Robin Raphel, but they divorced prior to his death.
| Preceded by Deane Roesch Hinton |
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan 1987–1988 |
Succeeded by Robert B. Oakley |