Michael Forrestal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Forrestal

American government official during the Vietnam War era

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1989

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michael Vincent Forrestal (November 26, 1927 – January 11, 1989) was one of the leading aides to McGeorge Bundy, the National Security Advisor of President John F.
Kennedy.
He was seen as a pivotal figure in the changing of U.S.
foreign policy, including recommending support for the coup d'état that deposed the first president of South Vietnam, Ngô Ðình Di?m. Following the arrest and assassination of Di?m, which was backed by the Central Intelligence Agency, General Duong Van Minh assumed the presidency in November, 1963.
The negative repercussions from the coup and the John F.
Kennedy assassination, which occurred later in the month, led to Forrestal's retirement from government service in 1965.
Speculation at the time suggested that he left the White House because of his decreasing influence in the administration of Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B.
Johnson. Other than his political life, Forrestal was a senior partner in Shearman & Sterling and a legal advisor to the state-owned Algerian oil company, Sonatrach during the 1970s.
Forrestal also had a role in the German-based Allied Control Council and the U.S.–USSR Trade and Economic Council.