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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Robert P. Smith |
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Missoula, Montana , United States |
| Email | None |
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March 05, 1929
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| Died | January 20, 2012
(82 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Mr. Smith joined the State Department in 1955 and developed a specialty in African affairs. From 1970 to 1974, he served as minister-counselor and deputy chief of mission in Pretoria, South Africa.
In 1974, Richard Nixon named him ambassador to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. In 1976, he succeeded Shirley Temple Black as ambassador to the west African country of Ghana. From 1979 until his State Department retirement in 1981, Mr. Smith was ambassador to the west African country of Liberia.
Mr. Smith was in the United States for medical treatment at the time of the bloody April 1980 coup that brought Samuel K. Doe to power in Liberia.
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