George Walter Landau is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

, Chile

Chile

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, and Venezuela

Venezuela

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Landau was born March 4, 1920 in Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

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 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1943. He attended Pace College and New York University and received his A.A. in 1969 from George Washington University.

Landau served in private business as an executive of a shipping company (1942-55) and as general manager of an American automobile distributor in Colombia (1955-57). In 1957 he began his career in the Foreign Service as commercial attache and Chief of the Economic Section in Montevideo. From 1962 to 1965, he was political officer, then Deputy Chief of Mission in Madrid, and attended the Canadian National Defence College from 1965 to 1966. He was Country Director of the Office of Spanish and Portuguese Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs in the Department from 1966 to 1972. He was Ambassador to Paraguay (1972-77) and Ambassador to Chile (1977-82). From January to April 1982, he served as Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on Broadcasting to Cuba in the Department. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to be Ambassador to Venezuela in 1982. Landau's foreign languages are German, Spanish, and Portuguese. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy

American Academy of Diplomacy

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 and Council on Foreign Relations

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