David George Newton

David George Newton was the United States Ambassador to Iraq under Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1988, and to Yemen under Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1997.^[1][2]

Biography

David George Newton was born on November 13, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3][4] He received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1957 and an MA from the University of Michigan in 1970.^[3][4]

From 1958 to 1961, he served in the United States Army.^[3][4] In 1962, he joined the Foreign Service.^[3] From 1962 to 1964, he served as a consul in Zurich, Switzerland. From 1964 to 1966, he learned Arabic at the Foreign Service Institute in Beirut, Lebanon.^[3] He then served as economic officer at the American embassy in Sanaa, Yemen until 1967.^[3] He worked in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affair in Washington, D.C. until 1969.^[3] He served as political officer in Jedda, Saudi Arabia from 1970 to 1973, and as deputy chief of mission in Sanaa, Yemen, until 1975.^[3]

From 1975 to 1977, he served as Division Chief of Near Eastern Affairs in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.^[3] From 1978 to 1981, he served in Damascus, Syria, then from 1981 to 1984 in Baghdad, Iraq.^[3] He served as United States Ambassador to Iraq from 1985 to 1988.^[4] From 1988 to 1990, he was the director of the Office for Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestinian Affairs in Washington, D.C..^[4]

From 1990 to 1993, he served as Chair of National Security Policy at the National War College of the National Defense University.^[4] From 1993 to 1994, he worked in the Office of the Inspector General.^[4] He served as the United States Ambassador to Yemen from 1994 to 1997.^[3][4]

He is a member of the Middle East Institute and the Cosmos Club.^[4]

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