Edmund DeJarnette

Edmund Tompkins DeJarnette, Jr. (January 15, 1938 – April 6, 2015) was an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer, he held a variety of ambassadorships. He was the American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Central African Republic (1983-1986), Tanzania (1990-1992) and was Director in Angola from 1992 until he was promoted to Ambassador in 1994. He was the first U.S. Ambassador to Angola and served until 1995.

DeJarnette was born on January 15, 1938. A native of Richmond, Virginia, he graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1963. (He also has a bachelor's degree in English from U.Va. and a master's degree in public administration from George Washington University. He entered the Foreign Services the following year based on a recommendation from the school's placement office. For a few years, he worked for the Peace Corps - from 1970 to 1975 he was the director in Quito, Ecuador, and deputy director for Latin America. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.