Carl Copeland Cundiff

Carl Copeland Cundiff
United States Ambassador to Niger
In office
1988–1991
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byRichard Wayne Bogosian
Personal details
Born(1941-03-29)March 29, 1941
EducationUniversity of the South (BA)
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA, MALD, PhD)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)

Carl Copeland Cundiff (March 29, 1941, New Orleans) was the American Ambassador to Niger from 1988 to 1991. He was nominated by Ronald Reagan to succeed Richard Wayne Bogosian.

A career foreign service officer since 1965 he served in a variety of overseas locations such as Singapore, Saigon, Vietnam, and Paris, France among other posts.

Cundiff graduated from the University of the South with a B.A. in 1963) followed by several degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A., 1964; M.A.L.D., 1965; Ph.D., 1968). He also attended Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, graduating with a M.P.A. in 1974.