Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics & Public Service

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Utah Statehood Centennial Ambassadors Visits

Ambassadors who visited Utah during the Utah Statehood Centennial Ambassadors Visits Program

His Excellency Raul Enrique Granillo Ocampo, Ambassador to the United States for Argentina – Jan. 2-12, 1996 His Excellency Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged, Ambassador to the United States for Netherlands – Feb.  26-27, 1996 His Excellency Le Van Bang, Ambassador to the United States for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – Feb. 27-28, 1996 His Excellency Stephen Kapimpina Katenta-Apuli, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Uganda – March 4-6, 1996 His Excellency S.

Nathan, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Singapore – March 18-20, 1996 His Excellency Li Daoyu, Ambassador to the United States for the People’s Republic of China – March 20-22, 1996 His Excellency Einar Benediktsson, Ambassador to the United States for Iceland – April 12-13, 1995 His Excellency Nüzhet Kandemir, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Turkey – April 30-May 1, 1996 His Excellency Knud Erik Tygesen, Ambassador to the United States for Denmark – May 6-8, 1996 His Excellency Dermot A. Gallagher, Ambassador to the United States for Ireland – May 9-10, 1996 His Excellency L. John Wood, Ambassador to the United States for New Zealand – May 30-31, 1996 His Excellency Mukendi Tambo AKabila’, Ambassador to the United States for Zaire – June 5-6, 1996 His Excellency John Biehl, Ambassador to the United States for Chile – June 11-12, 1996 His Excellency Jesus Silva-Herzog, Ambassador to the United States for Mexico – June 16-18, 1996 His Excellency Helmut Tuerk, Ambassador to the United States for Austria – June 19-20, 1996 His Excellency Carlo Jagmetti, Ambassador to the United States for Switzerland – June 20-21, 1996 His Excellency Franklin Sonn, Ambassador to the United States for South Africa – June 24-25, 1996 His Excellency Tuliameni Kalomoh, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Namibia – June 26-27, 1996 His Excellency Sione Kite, Ambassador to the United States for the Kingdom of Tonga – June 28-29, 1996 His Excellency Pedro Luis Echeverria, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Venezuela – July 8-9, 1996 His Excellency Hiem Phommachanh, Ambassador to the United States for Laos People’s Democratic Republic – July 18-19, 1996 His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador to the United States for Japan- Aug. 24-25, 1996 His Excellency Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Ambassador to the United States for Western Samoa – Sept. 5-6, 1996 His Excellency Fayez A. Tarawneh, Ambassador to the United States for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan – Sept. 5-6, 1996 His Excellency Gyorgy Banlaki, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Hungary – Sept. 11-15, 1996 His Excellency Fernando Andresen Guimaraes, Ambassador to the United States for Portugal – Oct. 7-8, 1996 His Excellency John McCarthy, Ambassador to the United States for Australia- Oct. 11-12, 1996 His Excellency Arifin Mohamad Siregar, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Indonesia – Oct. 11-13, 1996 His Excellency Benjamin Edgar Kipkorir, Ambassador to the United States for Kenya – Oct. 15-17, 1996 His Excellency Kun Woo Park, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Korea – Oct. 22-24, 1996 His Excellency Tom Vraalsen, Ambassador to the United States for Norway – Oct. 24-26, 1996 His Excellency Carl Henrik Sihver Liljegren, Ambassador to the United States for Sweden – Nov. 7-9, 1996 His Excellency Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Ambassador to the United States for Estonia – Nov. 7-9, 1996 His Excellency Ojars Eriks Kalnins, Ambassador to the United States for Latvia – Nov. 7-9, 1996 His Excellency Alfonsas Eidintas, Ambassador to the United States for Lithuania – Nov. 7-9, 1996 His Excellency Andre Adam, Ambassador to the United States for Belgium- Nov. 11-13, 1996 His Excellency Berhane Gebre-Christos, Ambassador to the United States for Ethiopia – Dec. 10-11, 1996 His Excellency Raul Ch. Rabe, Ambassador to the United States for the Philippines – Dec.16-17, 1996 His Excellency Var Huoth, Ambassador to the United States for Cambodia – Feb. 13-15, 1997 His Excellency Nitya Pibulsonggram, Ambassador to the United States for Thailand – Feb. 25-27, 1997 His Excellency Yuli M. Vorontsov, Ambassador to the United States for Russia – Feb.

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