Donald J. Planty

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Donald James Planty (born 1945) is an American diplomat. [1] [2] He served as United States Ambassador to Guatemala from 1996 to 1999. [1] [2] [3] He is currently a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. [4]

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Biography

Early life

Donald Planty was born in Lowville, New York in 1945. [1] He graduated from Fordham University in 1966 and received an M.A. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico in 1970. [1] In 1964, while at Fordham, he attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, Chile on a Fulbright-Hays grant. [1] At UNM, he was a teaching assistant in the Peace Corps Training Center for Latin America. [1]

Career

In 1967, he started his career as a caseworker for the New York City Department of Social Services. [1] He was Ambassador-in-residence at the National War College in Washington, D.C. from 1984 to 1985. [1] He served as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala from 1996 to 1999, facilitating the 1996 Peace Accords. [3]

Personal life

He has three sons: Reverend Donald J. Planty, Jr. (Rev. St Charles Catholic Church, Arlington, VA), Matthew, and Mark. [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 United States Department of State
  2. 1 2 U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian
  3. 1 2 Institute of Peace
  4. "About Us | Albright Stonebridge Group".
  5. Archived February 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Guatemala
1996-1999
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