James Malone Rentschler

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James Malone Theodore Rentschler (October 16, 1933 Rochester, Minnesota - May 2007 Paris, France) [1] was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who was Ambassador to Malta. [2] He succeeded Joan M. Clark who was named Director General of the Foreign Service. [3]

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Education

Rentschler received a certificate from the University of Paris in 1954, graduated from Yale University in 1955, and received a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. [2] [1]

Career

From 1955 until 1958, Rentschler was a military linguist with the U.S. Army Security Agency before joining the Foreign Service in 1959. [1]

He became a senior staff member in 1978. That year, he was posted as Director of West European Affairs on the National Security Council under the Carter administration, and continued in the Reagan administration. Reagan appointed him Ambassador to Malta (1982 until April 1985). While there, he was asked to head the Summit Public Diplomacy Inter-Agency Team. He was appointed Ambassador to Guinea in 1986 but the nomination was withdrawn [2] on September 11, 1986 before the Senate could act on it. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fletcher News" (Fall/Winter 2007). Fletcher News. Retrieved 18 February 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "RENTSCHLER, JAMES M.: Files, 1981 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS" (PDF). Reagan Library. Retrieved 18 February 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Malta Envoy Nominated". The New York Times. August 5, 1982. Retrieved 18 February 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "James Malone Rentschler (1933–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 18 February 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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