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John Gunther Dean
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John Gunther Dean | |
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 Ambassador Dean arriving in Thailand, 1975 | |
| United States Ambassador to India | |
| In office September 6, 1985 – November 7, 1988 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Harry G. Barnes, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John R. Hubbard |
| United States Ambassador to Thailand | |
| In office October 26, 1981 – June 6, 1985 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Morton I. Abramowitz |
| Succeeded by | William Andreas Brown |
| United States Ambassador to Lebanon | |
| In office October 10, 1978 – June 23, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Richard Bordeaux Parker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Sherwood Dillon |
| United States Ambassador to Denmark | |
| In office November 6, 1975 – July 18, 1978 | |
| President | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Philip K. Crowe |
| Succeeded by | Warren Demian Manshel |
| United States Ambassador to the Khmer Republic | |
| In office April 3, 1974 – April 12, 1975 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Emory C. Swank |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gunther Dienstfertig February 24, 1926 Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) |
| Died | June 6, 2019 (aged 93) Paris, France |
| Spouse | Martine Duphenieux |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.S., M.A.) University of Paris (J.D.) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
John Gunther Dean (born Gunther Dienstfertig; February 24, 1926 – June 6, 2019) was an American diplomat. From 1974 to 1988, he served as the United States ambassador to five nations under four American presidents. He is also notable for surviving an assassination attempt likely perpetrated by Israel.
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