Peggy Blackford

Peggy Blackford
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
In office
November 4, 1995 – June 14, 1998
Preceded byRoger A. McGuire
Succeeded byRichard Allan Roth
Personal details
Born1942 (1942)
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMarch 30, 2024(2024-03-30) (aged 81–82)
EducationEwing High School
Syracuse University
Pace University
OccupationDiplomat

Peggy Blackford (1942 – March 30, 2024[1]) was an American diplomat who spent 28 years in the American Foreign Service. Blackford was the American Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau from 1995 until relations were suspended in June 1998[2][3] and she fled to Senegal to escape the rebellion in Guinea-Bissau.[4][5]

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Blackford was raised in nearby Ewing Township, New Jersey, and attended Ewing High School.

Blackford graduated from Syracuse University in 1963 with a degree in international relations and a master's in business administration from Pace University.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Peggy Blackford Obituary (2024) - New York, Ny, NY - The Times, Trenton". Legacy.com. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Peggy Blackford (1942-)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Reuter’s (16 June 1998). "Rebels and Loyalists In Guinea-Bissau Exchange Shellfire". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "US nationals flee Guinea Bissau". BBC News. June 15, 1998. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR PEGGY BLACKFORD" (PDF). The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 28 November 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2024.


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