John Melvin Yates
US Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1983-6
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| Intro | US Ambassador to Cape Verde, 1983-6 | |
| is | Ambassador | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1939 | |
| Age | 86 years |
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John Melvin Yates, (born November 25, 1939 in Superior, Montana -) a Career Foreign Service Officer, held several ambassadorships during his career. He was the American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cape Verde (1983-1986), Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Congo (Kinshasa) 1992-1995), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Benin (1995-1998), and concurrent positions to Cameroon and Equatoriak Guinea (1999-2001).
Yates graduated from Stanford University (A.B., 1961) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A., 1962; M.A.L.D., 1963; Ph. D., 1972).
In March of 2000, Yates was slightly injured during an attempted carjacking when he left an embassy function in Cameroon.