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Sam P. Gilstrap
American ambassador
Samuel Patrick Gilstrap (May 1, 1907 in Chandler, Oklahoma โ April 25, 1989 in Cocoa Beach, Florida),[1] a Career Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Malawi from July 1964 until October 6, 1965.[2] He was the first United States Ambassador to Malawi after independence.[3]