The Alaska World Affairs Council Presents

John Hamilton

Former Ambassador to Guatemala and Peru

"What Embassies Do in a Crisis:
The Collapse of the Fujimori Regime in Peru"

Bev Power Memorial Program

Friday, February 13, 2009 – Hilton Hotel
Doors open at 11:30 a.m. - Program begins at 12:00 p.m.
For Reservations
RSVP by Wednesday,11th February, 2009 to the Alaska World Affairs Council
by telephone 276-8038 or by email to AlaskaWorldAffairs.org .
Lunch Program $20 for Members - $25 for Non-Members - $6 for Coffee Only

John R. Hamilton was sworn in on December 6, 2002, as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Peru from 1999 until 2002. From July 1998 until 1999, Ambassador Hamilton was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central American, the Caribbean, and Cuba. Ambassador Hamilton was Director of the Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs from July 1992 through January 1996. He was also political counselor in San José, Costa Rica (1989-92) and Lima, Peru (1986-89).

Ambassador Hamilton entered the Foreign Service in 1970, serving in Spain, Mexico, and Greece as well as in Washington, D.C. He has received the Department of State's Superior Honor Award four times. He speaks fluent Spanish.