Bogosian was born in Boston , Massachusetts on July 18 , 1937 . He graduated from Tufts College with an A.B. in 1959 and the University of Chicago with a J.D. in 1962 . He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1962 . He oversaw many diplomatic posts , including at the Foreign Service Institute from 1962 to 1963 , in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State in 1963 , at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad , Iraq from 1963 to 1965 , at the Foreign Service Institute again in 1965 , as vice consul for the U.S. Embassy in Paris , France , from 1966 to 1968 , in the Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State from 1968 to 1969 , in the Bureau for Intelligence and Research at the Department of State from 1969 to 1971 , and in the Foreign Service Institute for Economics in 1972 . He was chief of the economic section at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait from 1972 to 1976 , and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum , Sudan , from 1976 to 1979 . From 1976 to 1979 , Bogosian was the chief of the Aviation Negotiations Division . He was the Director of East African Affairs from 1982 to 1985 , and was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Niger on August 1 , 1985 , by President Ronald Reagan . From 1988 to 1990 he was the Director of the Office of Monetary Affairs . In 1990 , Bogosian became the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1990 to 1993 . From 1993 to 1994 , he was the Coordinator at the U.S. Liaison Office in Mogadishu , Somalia , and Coordinator for Rwanda and Burundi from 1996 to 1997 , after the Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
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Richard Wayne Bogosian