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Ralph Frank

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Ralph Frank
United States Ambassador to Nepal
In office
August 1, 1997 – August 10, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded bySandra Louise Vogelgesang
Succeeded byMichael Malinowski
United States Ambassador to Croatia
In office
April 16, 2003 – January 7, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byLawrence G. Rossin
Succeeded byRobert Bradtke
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Casper, Wyoming [citation needed]
Alma materUniversity of Washington Foster School of Business
ProfessionDiplomat

Ralph Frank (born 1946) is the former American ambassador to Nepal[1] (1997–2001) and Croatia (2003–2006).[2]

Frank received a BA in 1968 and an MBA in 1973 from the University of Washington. [1]

A cable written by Frank in November 2003 revealed the American interest in obtaining the S-300 surface-to-air missile system from Croatia. The Croatian government acquired the system in 1995, before the Operation Storm, but it was incomplete and was never operative. According to other sources, including the court testimony of arms dealer Zvonko Zubak, the system was indeed shipped to the U.S. in 2004.[3] (See Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Europe))

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ralph Frank U.S. Ambassador to Nepal". US State Department Archive. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Ralph Frank (1946–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ Žabec, Krešimir; Alborghetti, Igor (3 December 2010). "Željka Antunović je Bila Spremna Predati Ruske Rakete SAD-u". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved January 27, 2020.