Charles R. Baquet, III

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Charles R. Baquet III (born December 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana) [1] was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Djibouti from 1991 until 1993. [2] He served as the Deputy Director of the U.S. Peace Corps in South Africa. [3]

Biography

Baquet attended public schools in New Orleans and earned a B.A. in history from Xavier University in New Orleans in 1963. In 1975, he earned his M.A. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Government at Syracuse University. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 SADRUD-DIN, Zaakira L. (June 2015). "CHARLES R. BAQUET, III (1941- )". BlackPast. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. "Charles R. Baquet III (1941–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. Hudson, Derrick K.; Charles R. Baquet, III (1996). "A New Beginning: The U.S. Peace Corps and South Africa: An Interview with Peace Corps Deputy Director Charles R. Baquet III". Africa Today . 43 (2): 199–203. ISSN   0001-9887. JSTOR   4187096 . Retrieved 21 December 2022.