Roger A. McGuire

Roger Alan McGuire (July 1, 1943 – January 24, 2005) was the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Guinea-Bissau from October 14, 1992 to August 28, 1995. He was appointed to the post by President George H. W. Bush on June 15, 1992.

McGuire was born in Troy, Ohio and graduated from Beloit College in 1965. While at Beloit he studied in Switzerland and England and was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He then earned his Master of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin 1967.

McGuire joined the State Department's Foreign Service in 1967. His career began in Vietnam, where he received an award for heroism. During his career, his postings included Portugal, Botswana, Mozambique, Paraguay, and Australia. He served in the State Department’s Office of West African Affairs twice. He was Deputy Director of the Office from 1986 to 1988. He spent a year on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Fellowship program. He also was on the Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service twice. He was Deputy Examiner for the Board, which conducts the Civil service entrance examination, from 1988 to 1990.