Dhimitër Stamo

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Dhimitër Stamo (6 November 1931 – 11 November 2006) was an Albanian diplomat who served as Albanian ambassador to China during the 1980s.[1]

Mandates[edit]

He served as the Albanian Ambassador to Romania until 1970.[citation needed] Stamo served as Albanian charge d'affairs of Hungary from 1970 to 1975[citation needed] Stamo served as Albanian Ambassador to China from 1981 to 1986.[2] In 1987, he became Albanian Ambassador to Myanmar (then Burma).[3][4][5]

Time in Kampuchea[edit]

Stamo then transferred to Cambodia as the Albanian Ambassador to Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1978. During this time he took residence in Phnom Penh during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, which he later documented in his memoirs in Italian, "Tre Anni con i Khmer Rossi" (Three Years with the Khmer Rouge).[6][7][8][9] He was the first European ambassador who personally met all of the Kampuchean leadership: Pol Pot, Khieu Sampham, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Vorn Vet, So Phim, and Ieng Thirith.[10][11][12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Article title
  2. ^ [handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA365062 "China Report"]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Burma Press Summary".
  5. ^ Stamo, Dhimiter (2000). "Three Years with The Khmer Rouge". Africana.
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ "The King Father and the Democratic Kampuchea". CAMBOSASTRA. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ "Cambodia Files" (PDF).
  10. ^ [4]
  11. ^ ""Africana": S.E. Dhimitër Thimi Stamo, sua testimonianza di ambasciatore albanese in Cambogia 1975-78". www.giovanniarmillotta.it. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  12. ^ [5]
  13. ^ Stamo, Dhimiter (2000). "Three Years with the Khmer Rouge". Africana.