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词条 Samuel L. Kaplan
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  1. Career

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox Ambassador
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Samuel Kaplan.jpg
| imagesize =
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| ambassador_from = United States
| country = Morocco
| term_start = September 18, 2009
| term_end = April 30, 2013
| predecessor = Thomas T. Riley
| successor = Dwight L. Bush, Sr.
| president = Barack Obama
|birth_name = Samuel Louis Kaplan
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1936}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| spouse = Sylvia Chessen
| profession = Lawyer
}}Samuel Louis Kaplan (born 1936) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Morocco.[1] He was appointed ambassador in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing the previous ambassador Thomas T. Riley.[2] He is one of only a few American Jews to represent the United States in a Muslim nation.[3]

Before entering the diplomatic service, Ambassador Kaplan was a well-known business and community leader in Minneapolis, where he headed a law firm that he founded in 1978. Ambassador Kaplan attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both an undergraduate and a law degree, graduating magna cum laude, and where he served as President of the University of Minnesota Law Review.[4]

Career

After law school graduation, Kaplan was an assistant professor of law and a guest speaker in law classes. Later, he founded Kaplan, Strangis and Kaplan, P.A, a law firm, in 1978.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://morocco.usembassy.gov/ambassador2.html |title=United States Diplomatic Mission to Morocco - Ambassador |publisher=Morocco.usembassy.gov |date=2010-08-12 |accessdate=2012-02-14}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128336.htm |title=Kaplan, Samuel Louis |publisher=State.gov |date= |accessdate=2012-02-14}}
3. ^Sam Kaplan named U.S. ambassador to Morocco {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505020700/http://www.ajwnews.com/archives/2588 |date=2012-05-05 }} MORDECAI SPECKTOR June 24th, 2009
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5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-6-19-09/ |title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts |work=whitehouse.gov |accessdate=10 January 2012}}

External links

  • {{C-SPAN|Samuel Kaplan}}
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