Benjamin Sumner Welles

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Benjamin Sumner Welles was a prominent American diplomat who served as U.S. Under Secretary of State and a key architect of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s foreign policy during the World War II era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American diplomat
diplomat
human
politician
advisorTo President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
authorOf The Time for Decision
The World of the Four Freedoms
Where Are We Heading?
buriedAt Rock Creek Cemetery
causeOfDeath thrombosis
citizenship United States of America
closeAllyOf President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1892-10-14
dateOfDeath 1961-09-24
educatedAt Groton School
Harvard University
employer United States Department of State
familyName Welles
fieldOfWork U.S. foreign policy
international relations
fullName Benjamin Sumner Welles self-link
genre political writing
givenName Benjamin
Sumner
keyRoleIn U.S. diplomacy at the outbreak of World War II
formulation of U.S. policy toward Latin America in the 1930s
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
nationality American
notableFor being a principal architect of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s foreign policy
shaping the Good Neighbor policy
notableWork Good Neighbor policy
surface form: Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America

design of U.S. foreign policy during the early years of World War II
occupation civil servant
diplomat
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Bernardsville, New Jersey
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
surface form: Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs

U.S. Ambassador to Cuba
U.S. Minister to the Dominican Republic
United States Under Secretary of State
religion Episcopalian
residence New York City
Washington, D.C.
servedInOfficeDuring presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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