Murat Willis Williams (1919 in Richmond, Virginia[1] – March 31, 1994 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American Career Foreign Service officer who was Ambassador to El Salvador from 1961 to 1964.[2]

Murat W. Williams
Ambassador Murat W. Williams with Mrs. Mariella Ruiz Quiros in the US embassy in El Salvador
US Ambassador to El Salvador
In office
February 21, 1961 – July 4, 1964
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byThorsten V. Kalijarvi
Succeeded byRaúl H. Castro
John F. Kennedy meeting with Ambassador Williams

A graduate of the University of Virginia and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford for three years,[1] Williams served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II before joining the Foreign Service. Williams died of a stroke in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 79.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR MURAT WILLIAMS" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 5 December 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Murat W. Williams; Ambassador, 79". The New York Times. April 3, 1994. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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