Sally Shelton

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Person.png Sally Shelton  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
BornAugust 29, 1944
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
NationalityUS
Alma materUniversity of Missouri, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
Spouse • Eduardo Jimenez
• William Colby
Member ofAtlantic Council, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3
PartyDemocratic
US diplomat who married CIA director William Colby.

Employment.png US/Ambassador/Barbados

In office
June 7, 1979 - February 24, 1981
Includes accreditation to recently invaded Grenada.

Sally Angela Shelton-Colby is an American diplomat who was married to CIA director William Colby.

Career

She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Grenada and Dominica as well as Minister to St Lucia, and Special Representative to Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Vincent from 1979 to 1981, under Jimmy Carter.[1][2][3][4]


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References

  1. U.S. Department of State, Archives
  2. U.S. Department of State, Barbados
  3. Ian Shapira, A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan, The Washington Post, November 19, 2011. "The couple bonded over their backgrounds in foreign policy. And she, too, had been in a tired marriage — to a Mexican ambassador — that fell apart."
  4. American University faculty webpage