Deane R. Hinton

Deane R. Hinton
U.S. Ambassador to Panama
In office 9 January 1990 – 12 February 1994
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by
Succeeded by
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica
In office 17 November 1987 – 4 January 1990
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Lewis Arthur Tambs
Succeeded by	Robert O. Homme
17th U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
In office 21 November 1983 – 9 November 1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Ronald I. Spiers
Succeeded by	Arnold Lewis Raphel
U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador
In office 28 May 1981 – 15 July 1983
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert White
Succeeded by	Thomas R. Pickering
U.S. Ambassador to Zaire
In office June 20, 1974 – June 21, 1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Sheldon B. Vance
Succeeded by	Walter L. Cutler
Personal details
Born	Deane Roesch Hinton (1923-03-12)March 12, 1923 Fort Missoula, Montana
Died	March 28, 2017(2017-03-28) (aged 94) San Jose, Costa Rica
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation	Diplomat

Deane Roesch Hinton (March 12, 1923 – March 28, 2017) was an American diplomat and ambassador.

Biography[]

Hinton was born March 12, 1923 in Fort Missoula, Montana. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1943 and joined the U. S. Army, serving as a 2nd Lt. during World War II. After the war he attended Harvard University from 1951–52 and the National War College from 1961-62.

A career Foreign Service Officer, his postings included Syria 1946-1950,^[1] Mombasa, Kenya 1950-1952, Guatemala 1954-1969, France 1954-1955, and Chile 1969-1973. Hinton was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Zaire in 1974. Poor relations with Mobutu Sese Seko led to him being declared persona non grata on June 18, 1975.^[2] He later served as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador in 1981-83, Pakistan in 1983-86, Costa Rica from 1987–90, and Panama from 1990-94. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and American Academy of Diplomacy. Hinton died on March 28, 2017.^[3]

Hinton was no stranger to controversy. In 1949, while serving at the US embassy in Syria, he became aware of the US plan to support a coup overthrowing the democratically elected government. His prescient comment was, “I want to go on record as saying that this is the stupidest, most irresponsible action a diplomatic mission like ours could get itself involved in, and that we’ve started a series of these things that will never end.” However, the new government, led by Husni al-Za'im, did the US's bidding and allowed the trans-Syrian oil pipeline, instigated talks with Israel and imprisoned left-wingers and trade unionists. He was executed in his pyjamas within the year, much as predicted by Hinton.

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