Frank E. Baxter (born 1936) is a

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American businessman and diplomat. He was the

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under

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, from 2006 to 2009.

Biography

Early life

Frank E. Baxter was born in

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in 1936. He served in the

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for four years. In 1961, he graduated from the

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with a B.A. in economics.

Career

From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the

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in San Francisco. In 1963, he joined J.S. Strauss and Company, San Francisco. From 1974 to 2002, he worked for Jefferies and Company. By 1987, he became its CEO, and started the

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. He has served on the board of directors of

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and the

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. He is also chairman of the board of Governors of

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. He is also the chairman of the board of

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and After-School All Stars. He is a board member of the

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, a member of the Board of Councilors at the

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, a member of

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's Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Vice chairman of the board of the

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, chairman of the executive committee of the

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. He sits on the Board of Overseers of the

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. He is a Trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation and the LA Chapter of the I Have A Dream Foundation. He is a member of the

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. Baxter is a member of the board of directors of the

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. He is a member of the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He is the recipient of the

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award.

US Ambassador to Uruguay

Baxter was appointed Ambassador to Uruguay on October 4, 2006, and assumed office on December 13 the same year. During Baxter's term, the US-Uruguay

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went into effect. His term also coincided with a period of tension over alleged CIA involvement in the assassination of Cecilia Fontana de Héber. Cecilia Fontana was from a prominent family — spouse of a National Party leader, mother of a National Party politician who was appointed to serve in the government of

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in 2020 and sister-in-law to a

who served in the 1960s — and had died in 1978 after drinking from a bottle of poisoned wine. Citing communications obtained from the 2010

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reported that Baxter delivered a request for declassification of documents related to the matter from Uruguayan President

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to George W. Bush in April 2008. The paper further reported that Baxter had pushed back by bringing up the killing of

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and expressed the hope "that the poisoned wine case has definitely been laid to rest". Baxter left the post in February 2009 and was succeeded by David D. Nelson.

References

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