Robert Werner Duemling (February 29, 1929 - July 13, 2012)[1] was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Suriname (1982-1984).[2][3]
Biography
editDuemling grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and San Diego, California. He graduated from San Diego High School before continuing on to earn bachelor's and master's degrees in Art and Architecture from Yale University and a Henry Fellowship to study at Cambridge University in England. Before joining the Foreign Service in 1957, he served as a naval officer during the Korean War. He retired in 1987 to accept the position of President and Director of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.[1] He was married to Louisa C. Duemling, a member of the du Pont family.[4][5]
During his tenure as US Ambassador to Suriname, he was ostensibly involved in abortive efforts to sponsor the ouster of Dési Bouterse by a militant force of Surinamese dissidents in coordination with the Director of Central Intelligence, William J. Casey, which were opposed by both the United States House Intelligence Committee and the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, and led to the expulsion of two diplomats serving in the US Embassy in Paramaribo, Edward Donovan and Richard LaRoche.[6][7] However, Duemling and other US officials would later acquiesce to Bouterse's governance once the Surinamese military leader shifted his diplomatic alignment away from Cuba toward Brazil and the United States.[6]
Further reading
editDuemling, Robert W. (2012). Sketches From Life. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781442220140.
References
edit- ^ a b "ROBERT WERNER DUEMLING". The San Diego Union-Tribune. July 24, 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Robert Werner Duemling". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ROBERT W. DUEMLING" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 11 September 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "The 2007 Wealth List". Washington Life Magazine. June 1, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Surreal Estate: Louisa Duemling Home is D.C.'s Most Expensive on Market". The Washington Post. January 29, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ a b Krauss, Clifford (February 11, 1984). "Bouterse's Revolution: Suriname Zigs Left, Zags Right". The Nation.
- ^ "Surinam Expels Two U.S. Diplomats". United Press International. January 6, 1983. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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