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| name=Grover Joseph Rees, III
| name=Grover Joseph Rees, III
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[United States Ambassador]] to the Democratic Republic of [[East Timor]]
| office=United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of [[Timor-Leste|East Timor]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=December 2002
| term_start=December 2002
'''Grover Joseph Rees, III''' (born October 11, 1951), an [[attorney]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], who from 2002 to 2006 was the [[United States Ambassador]] to the Democratic Republic of [[Timor-Leste]], known as Eat Timor. He presented his credentials to East Timorese President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão in December 2002, following his nomination by then [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and confirmation the previous month by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etan.org/et2002c/december/08-14/10etpres.htm|title=U.S. Wants Stability in Timor-Leste: The new United States Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Grover Joseph Rees, III, on Monday presented his credentials to President Gusmão|publisher=''East Timor Press Review''|date=December 10, 2002|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
'''Grover Joseph Rees, III''' (born October 11, 1951), an [[attorney]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], who from 2002 to 2006 was the [[United States Ambassador]] to the Democratic Republic of [[Timor-Leste]], known as Eat Timor. He presented his credentials to East Timorese President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão in December 2002, following his nomination by then [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and confirmation the previous month by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etan.org/et2002c/december/08-14/10etpres.htm|title=U.S. Wants Stability in Timor-Leste: The new United States Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Grover Joseph Rees, III, on Monday presented his credentials to President Gusmão|publisher=''East Timor Press Review''|date=December 10, 2002|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
East Timor declared its independence from [[Portugal]] in 1975. It is located north of [[Australia]], the two countries separated by the Timor Sea.
==Background==
==Background==
Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticu|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the [[Yale Political Union]]. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert]] Law School, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, II, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and Samoan.<ref name=fedso/>
Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticu|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the [[Yale Political Union]]. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert]] Law School, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, II, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and Samoan.<ref name=fedso/>
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==Defending human rights==
==Defending human rights==
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>