Carl Copeland Cundiff (March 29, 1941, New Orleans - ?) was the American Ambassador to Niger from 1988-1991.
He was nominated by Ronald Reagan to succeed succeed Richard Wayne Bogosian.A career foreign service officer since 1965 he served in a variety of overseas locations such as Singapore, Saigon, Vietnam, and Paris, France among other posts.
Cundiff graduated from the University of the South with a B.A.
in 1963) followed by several degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A., 1964; M.A.L.D., 1965; Ph.D., 1968).
He also attended Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, graduating with a M.P.A.