Robert M. Sayre
Robert Sayre | |
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Sayre in June 1990 | |
| 4th Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
| In office May 11, 1982 – September 10, 1984 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Anthony Quainton |
| Succeeded by | Robert B. Oakley |
| United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
| In office June 8, 1978 – September 19, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John Crimmins |
| Succeeded by | Tony Motley |
| 8th Inspector General of the Department of State | |
| In office November 25, 1975 – May 1, 1978 | |
| President | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | William Schaufele |
| Succeeded by | Theodore L. Eliot Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Panama | |
| In office October 31, 1969 – March 14, 1974 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Charles Adair |
| Succeeded by | William Jorden |
| United States Ambassador to Uruguay | |
| In office August 27, 1968 – October 19, 1969 | |
| President | Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Henry Hoyt |
| Succeeded by | Charles Adair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Marion Sayre August 18, 1924 Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 2016 (aged 91) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Willamette University (BA) Stanford University (MA) George Washington University (JD) |
Robert Marion Sayre (August 18, 1924 – March 31, 2016) was a United States State Department official and ambassador to Brazil, Panama and Uruguay. A career foreign service officer specializing in Latin American affairs, Sayre served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 1968 to 1969, Ambassador to Panama from 1969 to 1974, and Ambassador to Brazil from 1978 to 1981. He also held the position of Inspector General of the U.S. State Department from 1974 to 1978.