Horace G. Torbert, Jr.

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Horace “Tully” Gates Torbert Jr. (1911–2008) was an American career Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Hungary (February 1961 – December 1962), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Somalia (1963-1965)[1] and Bulgaria (1970–1973).[2]

Gates graduated from Yale University and Harvard Business School.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Former Ambassadors to Somalia". US Embassy in Somalia. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Horace G. Torbert, Jr". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "AMBASSADOR HORACE G. TORBERT" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 22 January 2020.


Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
November 4, 1970 – January 23, 1973
Succeeded by


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