Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (April 4, 1934 – July 31, 2023[1]) was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Central African Empire, Nicaragua, Kuwait, and Peru.

During this time, he oversaw the task force in charge of dealing with the 1980 Dominican Republic Embassy siege in Bogotá by M-19 guerrillas.

[3] He held this post until 1981 and was then named United States ambassador to Nicaragua by President Ronald Reagan, presenting his credentials on March 26, 1982, and serving there until May 6, 1984.

After his tenure in a Peru, Bush then nominated Quainton to be assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, an office he held from September 23, 1992, until December 29, 1995.

President Bill Clinton then named him director general of the Foreign Service which Quainton held from December 29, 1995, to August 22, 1997.