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EASTMAN, Ernest was born on March 27, 1930 in Monrovia. Son of H. Nathan Eastman and Adeliue Payne.
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Ernest EASTMAN
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Ernest EASTMAN, Liberian diplomatist and politician. decorations including Knight Great Band; Order of African Redemption. special missions to the Presidents of Dahomey, Niger, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gambia, and United States of America; official delegation to several international conferences of the O.A.U., United Nations and Non-Aligned Movement.
Education
College, of West Africa, Oberlin College, Ohio, Columbia University, New New York
Career
Director Bureau of Afro-Asian Affairs (Department, of State) 1957-1964. Under-Secretary of State for Administration 1964-1967. Under Secretary of State 1968-1972.
Ambassador to East Africa (Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia) 1972-1974.
Ambassador to the Far East (Japan, Republic of of Korea. Democratic People"s Republic of of Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, India) 1974-1977.
Secretary-General Mano River Union (Economic and Customs Union for the Repubs, of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) 1977-1983. Minister of Foreign Affairs 1983-1985.
Membership
Special missions to the Presidents of Dahomey, Niger, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gambia, and United States of America. Official delegation to several international conferences of the O.A.U., United Nations and Non-Aligned Movement.
Connections
Married Salma Mohammedali.
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Liberian