Paul Matthews Cleveland (August 25, 1931 – November 21, 2024) was an American diplomat who served as the

United States Ambassador to New Zealand The United States has maintained a consular presence in New Zealand since 1838. The first consul was James Reddy Clendon. Born in England, Clendon was a ship owner and merchant who bought land and settled in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. In ...

and

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...

from 1986 to 1989 and as the eleventh

United States Ambassador to Malaysia The ambassador of the United States of America to Malaysia is the head of the United States's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the Embassy of ...

from 1989 to 1992. Cleveland died in

McLean, Virginia McLean ( ) is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population of the community was 50,773 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is ...

on November 21, 2024, at the age of 93.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleveland, Paul Matthews 1931 births 2024 deaths 20th-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to New Zealand Ambassadors of the United States to Samoa Ambassadors of the United States to Malaysia United States Foreign Service personnel Diplomats from Boston