Christopher C. Ashby

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Christopher C. Ashby served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Bill Clinton, from 1997 to 2001.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Christopher Ashy was born in Dallas, Texas.[1] He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas Graduate School of Business in 1970.[1] At Georgetown, he was Bill Clinton's roommate.[5] He also attended the MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School.[1] He spent four years as a Marine Corps and served in Vietnam.[1]

He worked in international banking, most notably for the Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank.[1] He has also worked for the United Nations.[1] He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Small Business Administration, and of the Foreign Policy Association of New York.[1]

He is married with four children.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Embassy biography
  2. ↑ nndb
  3. ↑ American Foreign Service Association
  4. ↑ Uruguay ambassadors list
  5. ↑ C-Span
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.		 United States Ambassador to Uruguay Succeeded by
Martin J. Silverstein
Minister Resident
Chargé d'Affaires
Minister Resident
Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
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