David Benjamin Bolen (1923–)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Colorado

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Botswana)
  Appointed: February 28, 1974
  Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1974
  Termination of Mission: Left post on August 11, 1976
  - Also accredited to Lesotho and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Lesotho)
  Appointed: February 28, 1974
  Presentation of Credentials: April 25, 1974
  Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone August 11, 1976
  - Also accredited to Botswana and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Swaziland)
  Appointed: February 28, 1974
  Presentation of Credentials: April 22, 1974
  Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone August 11, 1976
  - Also accredited to Botswana and Lesotho; resident at Gaborone.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (German Democratic Republic)
Appointed: July 29, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: August 22, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 20, 1980