Edwin W. Martin

Ambassador Martin addresses guests at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Rangoon, Burma, November 1972

Edwin W. Martin (1917–1991) was an American diplomat. After his education at Deerfield Academy, Oberlin College, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, he embarked upon a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. He went on to serve as consul in Hong Kong and U.S. Ambassador to Burma from 1971 to 1973.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Edward E. Rice
Consul General of the United States of America Hong Kong and Macau
1967–1970
Succeeded by
David L. Osborn
Preceded by
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to Burma
1971–1973
Succeeded by
David L. Osborn

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