Charles H. Twining Jr. (born November 1, 1940) is an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer, he served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Benin (July 1982 – October 1983), Representative to Cambodia (Presentation of Credentials on November 11, 1991) and then Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1994–1995) and served concurrent appointments to Cameroon and

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

from 1995 to 1998. On October 19, 2014, while driving in an armored diplomatic convoy in South Sudan, a South Sudanese soldier fired two bullets at close range into a U.S. Embassy vehicle., At the time, Twining was the Chargé d'Affaires.

Biography

Twining was born in

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on November 1, 1940. He grew up on a farm in

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and attended

, graduating in 1958. He attended the University of Virginia, Class of 1962. When he graduated, Twining volunteered with

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. When he returned, he attended the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Cambodia

The highest-ranking American diplomat to serve in Cambodia since the mid-1970's, Twining went on record saying that while he did not think the Khmer Rouge would return to power, he would not rule it out.

References

1940 births Living people People from Baltimore County, Maryland University of Virginia alumni Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies alumni Ambassadors of the United States to Benin Ambassadors of the United States to Cambodia Ambassadors of the United States to Cameroon Ambassadors of the United States to Equatorial Guinea American expatriates in South Sudan {{US-diplomat-stub