Charles H. Twining

Charles “Charlie” H. Twining Jr. (born 1940) is an American Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Benin (July 1982-October 1983), Representative to Cambodia (Presentation of Credentials on November 11, 1991) and then Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1994-1995) and served concurrent appointments to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea from 1995–1998.[1]

On October 19, 2014, while driving in an armored diplomatic convoy in South Sudan, a South Sudanese soldier fired two bullets at close range into a U.S. Embassy vehicle., [2][3][4] At the time, Twining was the Chargé d'Affaires.[5]

Biography

Twining grew up on a farm in Glen Arm, Maryland and attended Glen Arm, Maryland, graduating in 1958. He attended the University of Virginia, Class of 1962. When he graduated, Twining volunteered with Operation Crossroads Africa. When he returned, he attended the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[6]

Cambodia

The highest-ranking American diplomat to serve in Cambodia since the mid-1970's, Twining went on record saying that while he did not think the Khmer Rouge would return to power, he would not rule it out.[7]

References
  1. "Charles H. Twining Jr. (1940–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. Straziuso, Jason (November 15, 2014). "S. Sudan soldier shot US Embassy vehicle: official". Federal News Network. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. Lynch, Colum (September 6, 2016). "Dinner, Drinks, and a Near-Fatal Ambush for U.S. Diplomats". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. "South Sudanese soldier fires shots at US ambassador's motorcade in Juba". The Guardian. November 15, 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. Mandil, Nicholas. "US Ambassador urges action on warring parties". Eye Radio. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. "AMBASSADOR CHARLES H. TWINING" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. Shenon, Philip. "U.S. Diplomat Warns of Return by Khmer Rouge". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2020.


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