Background
Eastmen, Ernest was born on March 27, 1930 in Monrovia. Daughter of H. Nathan and Nathan (Payne) Eastmen.
Liberian minister of foreign affairs
Eastmen, Ernest was born on March 27, 1930 in Monrovia. Daughter of H. Nathan and Nathan (Payne) Eastmen.
Educated, College West Africa. Educated, Oberlin College, Ohio. Educated, Columbia University.
Director Bureau Afro-Asian Affairs, Department State, Under-Secretary State administration, 1964—1967, Under-Secretary of State, 1968—1972. Ambassador to East Africa (Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), 1972—1974. To Far East (Japan, Republican of Korea, Democratic People's Republican of Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, India), 1974—1977.
Secretary-general Mano River Union (Economic and Customs Union for Republican of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea), 1977—1983. Minister Foreign Affairs, Liberia, 1983—1986. Member special missions to president of Dahomey, Niger, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gambia and United States.
Member, official delegate to international conferences Organization of African Unity, United Nations and Non-Aligned Movement.
Married Salma Mohammedali. 9 children.