Arnold Lewis Raphel

Arnold Lewis Raphel

1987, right
18th U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
January 1987 – 17 August 1988
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Deane R. Hinton
Succeeded by Robert B. Oakley
Personal details
Born Arnold Lewis Raphel
(1943-03-16)March 16, 1943
Troy, New York, US
Died August 17, 1988(1988-08-17) (aged 45)
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Myrna Feigenbaum (first wife)
Robin Raphel (second wife)
Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel (1987-1988; third wife)
Children 1 (with Myrna Feigenbaum)
Alma mater Hamilton College (New York)
Occupation Diplomat

Arnold Lewis Raphel (March 16, 1943 – August 17, 1988) was the 18th United States Ambassador to Pakistan. He died along with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, U.S. Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom and others, when the Lockheed C-130 Hercules they were on-board crashed shortly after takeoff from Bahawalpur Airport in Pakistan.

Early life and education

Raphel was born in Troy, New York to a Jewish family on March 16, 1943.[1] Raphel graduated from Hamilton College (B.A., 1964) and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University (M.A., 1966).[2]

He spoke Urdu, French, Persian and English.

Personal life

Raphel was married three times. He had one daughter, Stephanie, with his first wife, Myrna Feigenbaum.[1] His second marriage was to fellow diplomat Robin Raphel. At the time of his death, he was married to Nancy Ely, whom he had married in 1987.[1]

Career

Raphel joined the US State Department in 1966.

Raphel held a variety of positions throughout his career until his death in 1988. He was mainly a diplomat for the US Government.[3]

Iran hostage crisis

In 1979, Raphel was a key member of the State Department's Special Operations Group set up to free the American hostages seized by Iranian militants at the United States Embassy in Teheran.[2][3]

Office of United States Secretary of State

In 1981, Raphel served as the Special Assistant to Secretary of State Edmund Muskie.[4] Afterward, he became the Deputy Assistant to the United States Secretary of State in 1985.[5][6]

Ambassador to Pakistan

Raphel was nominated by President Ronald Reagan and succeeded Dean Roesch Hinton as US Ambassador to Pakistan in January 1987.[2]

Awards

Death

Raphel died in a plane crash in Pakistan on August 17, 1988 in which Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and 29 others also died.[7] He was 45 years old at the time of his death.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.jta.org/1988/08/24/archive/diplomat-killed-in-air-crash-is-mourned-as-friend-of-israel
  2. 1 2 3 Binder, David (August 18, 1988). "Arnold L. Raphel: An Envoy of Deep Commitment". New York Times.
  3. 1 2 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C36F1C888E44&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  4. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7aROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7052,2705241&dq=united+states+deputy+secretary+of+state+arnold+raphel&hl=en
  5. ↑ http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675022339_Senator-Jim-Sasser-and-Arnold-L-Raphel_Afghanistan-situation_correspondent-from-Geneva
  6. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec85/afghan_12-27.html
  7. ↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880817-0

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