James Donald Walsh

{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1946)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Donald Walsh | country1 = Argentina | ambassador_from1 = United States | predecessor1 = [[James Richard Cheek]] | successor1 = [[Lino Gutierrez]] | president1 = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start1 = June 14, 2000 | term_end1 = May 21, 2003 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|08|09}} | birth_place = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = | profession = Diplomat | footnotes = | order1 = 46th | education = [[University of Scranton]]<br>[[Syracuse University]] }}

'''James Donald Walsh''' (born August 9, 1946) is an American diplomat and [[foreign service officer]].

Walsh served as the [[United States Ambassador to Argentina]] from his appointment on June 14, 2000, until he left the post on May 21, 2003.<ref name=state>{{cite news|title=James Donald Walsh (1946-) |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/walsh-james-donald |work=[[U.S. Department of State]] Office of the Historian |accessdate=2011-01-27}}</ref>

Walsh was born on August 9, 1946, in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Walsh, James D. |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/w/1926.htm |website=U.S. Department of State Archive |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> where he was also raised. He graduated from [[Scranton Preparatory School]],<ref name="test">{{Cite web |date=17 October 2003 |title=The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR JAMES D. WALSH |url=https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Walsh-James-D..pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716021233/https://adst.org/OH%20TOCs/Walsh-James-D..pdf |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training}}</ref> received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[University of Scranton]], and a [[master's degree]] from the [[Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs]] at [[Syracuse University]].<ref name=wh>{{cite news|title=President Names Walsh as US Ambassador to Argentina |url=http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=041300-president-names-walsh-as-us-ambassador-to-argentina.htm |work=[[White House Office of the Press Secretary]] |date=2000-04-13 |accessdate=2011-01-27 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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