John Howard Burns (1913–2017)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Oklahoma
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Central African Republic)
    Appointed: November 10, 1961
    Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1961
    Termination of Mission: Left post on May 6, 1963
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 30, 1962, after confirmation.
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tanzania)
    Appointed: September 24, 1965
    Presentation of Credentials: January 3, 1966
    Termination of Mission: Left post on June 22, 1969
  3. Director General of the Foreign Service
    Appointed: August 1, 1969
    Termination of Appointment: June 15, 1971