Chester Crocker
Chester Crocker | |
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Crocker in 2006 | |
| 9th Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs | |
| In office June 9, 1981 – April 21, 1989 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Richard M. Moose |
| Succeeded by | Herman Jay Cohen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 29, 1941 New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Chester Arthur Crocker (born October 29, 1941) is an American diplomat and scholar who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from June 9, 1981, to April 21, 1989, in the Reagan administration. Crocker, architect of the U.S. policy of "constructive engagement" towards Southern Africa including apartheid-era South Africa, is credited with setting the terms of Namibian independence.