Robert South Barrett IV
Robert South Barrett IV | |
|---|---|
| 4th United States Ambassador to Djibouti | |
| In office September 5, 1988 – April 18, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | John Pierce Ferriter |
| Succeeded by | Charles R. Baquet III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1927 |
| Died | December 24, 2004 (aged 76–77) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Robert South Barrett IV (1927 – December 24, 2004) was an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served concurrent appointments as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Madagascar and Comoros (1977-1980) and was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Djibouti (1988-1991). He also served as “Consul in Martinique, political officer in war-torn Vietnam, ... and Deputy Chief of Mission in conflict-ravaged Beirut, with a relatively peaceful interim tour at the United Nations in New York, before accepting the post of Ambassador to Djibouti, a country of great strategic importance to the United States”
Barrett graduated with an AB was in politics from Princeton University and a master's in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
A resident of Washington, D.C. and Charleston, South Carolina, Barrett died of cancer at Georgetown University Hospital.