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Walter C. Carrington

1930–2020

United States

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Walter C. Carrington (July 24, 1930 – August 11, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Senegal and Nigeria. Carrington served as the U.S. ambassador to Senegal from 1980 to 1981. He was appointed by U.S. president Bill Clinton in 1993 as the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, where he remained until 1997.

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