William James Porter (1914–1988) was an American diplomat who from 1971 to 1973 headed the U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Talks to end the Vietnam War. Porter was the first-ever United States Ambassador to Algeria and also served as Ambassador to South Korea Canada and Saudi Arabia.
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active years end date
1965-07-29, 1975-12-16, 1977-05-27
active years start date
1962-11-29, 1974-03-13, 1975-12-22
birth date
1914-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1914-09-01
birth place
England, Stalybridge
country
South Korea, Canada, Saudi Arabia
death date
1988-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1988-03-15
death place
Fall River Massachusetts
president
Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy
profession
Diplomacy, Diplomatic rank
successor
Philip Habib, Thomas O. Enders, John C. West, John_D._Jernegan
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