Murat W. Williams

Murat Willis Williams (1919 in Richmond, Virginia^[1] – March 31, 1994 in Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American Career Foreign Service officer who was Ambassador to El Salvador from 1961 to 1964.^[2]

Murat W. Williams
Ambassador Murat W. Williams with Mrs. Mariella Ruiz Quiros in the US embassy in El Salvador
US Ambassador to El Salvador
In office February 21, 1961 – July 4, 1964
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Thorsten V. Kalijarvi
Succeeded by	Raúl H. Castro

John F. Kennedy meeting with Ambassador Williams

A graduate of the University of Virginia and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford for three years,^[1] Williams served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II before joining the Foreign Service. Williams died of a stroke in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 79.^[2]