What is Laurence Pope?
[[File:Laurence Pope.jpg|right|200px]] '''Laurence Everett Pope II''' (September 24, 1945 – October 31, 2020) was an American politician. He was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. Pope worked for US Presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] as a [[diplomat]]. From 1993 to 1996, Pope was the Ambassador to [[Chad]].<ref>[http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2267821&language=en New US Charge d''Affairs starts his work in Libya], Kuwait News Agency.</ref><ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/u-picks-retired-diplomat-serve-envoy-libya-165425931.html U.S. picks retired diplomat to serve as envoy in Libya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225013933/http://news.yahoo.com/u-picks-retired-diplomat-serve-envoy-libya-165425931.html |date=2012-12-25 }}, Reuters.</ref> In 2000, President Clinton nominated him to be Ambassador to [[Kuwait]] but Pope was not confirmed by the [[United States Senate]]. Pope was a special envoy to [[Libya]] from October 11, 2012 until January 4, 2013 during the aftermath of the [[2012 Benghazi attack]].<ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/01/08/New-US-charge-daffaires-lands-in-Libya/UPI-16511357657581/ New U.S. charge d'affaires lands in Libya], UPI.</ref> Pope died on October 31, 2020 at his home in [[Portland, Maine]] from [[cardiac arrest]] caused by [[pancreatic cancer]], aged 75.<ref>[https://obituaries.bowdoin.edu/laurence-e-pope-ii-67/ Bowdoin Magazine-Laurence E. Pope '67]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Laurence}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Maine]] {{US-bio-stub}}