George Venable Allen - People - Department History
George Venable Allen (1903–1970)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Maryland, North Carolina
States of Residence: Maryland, North Carolina
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: April 23, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 17, 1948 - Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Appointed: February 26, 1948
Entry on Duty: March 31, 1948
Termination of Appointment: November 28, 1949 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Appointed: October 27, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: January 25, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 11, 1953- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 2, 1950, after confirmation. Commissioned to Yugoslavia.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
Appointed: March 11, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: May 4, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 30, 1954- Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nepal)
Appointed: March 11, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: July 5, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left New Delhi November 30, 1954- Also accredited to India; resident at New Delhi.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
- Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Appointed: January 24, 1955
Entry on Duty: January 26, 1955
Termination of Appointment: August 27, 1956 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: July 26, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: October 12, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 13, 1957 - Director of the U.S. Information Agency
Appointed: November 15, 1957
Entry on Duty: November 15, 1957
Termination of Appointment: December 1, 1960- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 27, 1958.
- Career Ambassador
Appointed: June 24, 1960 - Director of the Foreign Service Institute
Appointed: March 1, 1966
Termination of Appointment: November 30, 1968