Paul C. Lambert

Paul C. Lambert (March 14, 1928 – January 2, 2026) was an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Ecuador from 1990 to 1992. He submitted his resignation in December 1991 saying Ecuador is “a country plagued by corruption and excessive bureaucracy.”

Background Lambert was born in New York City on March 14, 1928. He graduated from Yale University (A.B., 1950) before continuing his education at Harvard Law School (J.D. 1953). He served in the US Army (G-2) after graduating from law school (from 1953 to 1955). Lambert began working as a lawyer in 1955 with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York City. From 1966 to 1990, Lambert was a partner of Breed, Abbott & Morgan leaving when he became a United States Ambassador.

Long active in New York State politics, Lambert was a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Republican Party from 1983 to 1990, and served on the Steering Committee and Finance Committee for the 1988 George Bush for President election campaign. He served as a member New York Delegation to the Republican National Conventions in 1984, 1988, and 1992.