Everett Ellis Briggs

Everett Ellis Briggs
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office 1990–1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward Morgan Rowell
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
United States Ambassador to Honduras
In office 1986–1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	John Arthur Ferch
Succeeded by	Cresencio S. Arcos, Jr.
United States Ambassador to Panama
In office 1982–1986
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Ambler Holmes Moss, Jr.
Succeeded by	Arthur H. Davis, Jr.
Personal details
Born	April 6, 1934 Havana, Cuba
Profession	Diplomat

Everett Ellis Briggs (born April 6, 1934 in Havana, Cuba) is a United States diplomat.

Briggs was born in Havana, Cuba in 1934, to Ellis Ormsbee Briggs and Lucy Barnard Briggs,^[1] where his father was stationed as a U.S. diplomat.^[2]

He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.^[3]

He served as United States Ambassador to Panama from 1982–1986, United States Ambassador to Honduras from 1986–1989, and United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1990-1993. He also served abroad in Angola, Ecuador.

He worked to indict Manuel Noriega, during his term in Panama.^[4] He was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, on the National Security Council.^[5]

He was president of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.^[6]

References

1. "Everett Briggs". NNDB. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
2. "Career diplomat was literally born to be a U.S. ambassador". New London, Connecticut: The Day. 25 September 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
3. "Alumni Ambassadors". Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
4. Everett Ellis Briggs (September 10, 2007). "Our man in Panama". The New York Times.
5. http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=498&year=1989&month=6
6. http://www.cubacenter.org/media/experts.html

Sources

• Everett Ellis Briggs at The Political Graveyard
• Appearances on C-SPAN