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G. Norman Anderson (born March 26, 1932) is an American diplomat[1][2][3] and author, serving as the United States ambassador to Sudan from 1986 to 1989.

Early life and education

Anderson was born in Lewes, Delaware. He graduated from Columbia College in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts.[4] He completed a master's degree at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in 1960.[5] At Columbia, he studied Russian and Soviet affairs at the Harriman Institute.[6]

Career

Anderson served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant from 1954 to 1958. He then joined the Foreign Service as a personnel officer from 1960 to 1962. His first assignment was as political officer in Beirut from 1963 - 1966. He was assigned to Moscow, first as assistant administrative officer from 1967 to 1968, and then political officer from 1968 - 1969. Mr. Anderson returned to the US in 1969 to become the Soviet desk officer until 1971, when he was assigned as Egyptian desk officer. He left the US in 1974 to serve as the political counselor in Rabat, Morocco until 1978.[7]

He was named special assistant to the senior adviser to the President and Secretary of State on Middle East and Soviet Affairs. From 1979 to 1982, he served as deputy chief of mission in Sofia, Bulgaria. From 1982 to 1986, he was the deputy chief of mission in Tunisia.[7]

In 1986, Anderson was appointed United States Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan,[8] and held this post until 1989.[9][10] He was involved in the famine relief efforts during that time.[11] He remained in the post until 1989.[12]

Personal life

Anderson is married to the former Mary (Bonnie) McIlvaine, has three children, and resides in the Washington D.C. area.[5] Anderson speaks English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Swedish.[6]

Bibliography

Anderson is the author of Sudan in Crisis:The Failure of Democracy.[13][14] The book was reviewed in Foreign Affairs,[15] Christian Science Monitor,[16] Arab Studies Quarterly,[17] and the International Journal of African Historical Studies.[13]

References

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  1. "Macedonia Sits Atop A Balkan Powder Keg". May 13, 1993|By R.C. Longworth, Chicago Tribune.
  2. "Macedonia feels heat of Balkan war Clinton weighs sending troops". May 15, 1993|By R. C. Longworth | R. C. Longworth, Chicago Tribune
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  8. "The Shift in United States-Sudan Relations: A Troubled Relationship and the Need for Mutual Cooperation". Veronica Nmoma, University of North Carolina
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  10. "Sudan Accepts Famine Relief : U.S. Airlift of Medical Supplies, Food Begins". October 13, 1988|Associated Press
  11. "New Sudan Leader Is Sending Mixed Signals on Ending War". By JANE PERLEZ, The New York Times July 14, 1989
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  13. 13,0 13,1 review of Sudan in Crisis:The Failure of Democracy, by Kenneth J. Perkins, Шаблон:Cite book Vol. 33 Issue 2
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  16. "In Sudan crisis, a duty to intervene?". reviewed by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, July 2004, Christian Science Monitor Vol. 96 Issue 165, p15, via JSTOR
  17. "Sudan in Crisis:The Failure of Democracy". review by Michael Humphrey. Arab Studies Quarterly, Winter 2000, page 107