Waldemar John Gallman - People - Department History
Waldemar John Gallman (1899–1980)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Poland)
Appointed: July 7, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 1948
Termination of Mission: July 8, 1950- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 2, 1949, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
Appointed: August 22, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: October 18, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 15, 1954- Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
Appointed: July 2, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: November 3, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 14, 1958- Reaccredited when Iraq became a republic; presented new credentials on September 22, 1958. Commissioned as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Union on July 10, 1958, but did not take oath of office under that appointment, the Arab Union having been dissolved.
- Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: November 17, 1958
Termination of Appointment: January 31, 1961