John Durnford Jernegan (1911–1981)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
    Appointed: December 11, 1958
    Presentation of Credentials: January 12, 1959
    Termination of Mission: Departure requested by Government of Iraq on June 2, 1962
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1959, after confirmation. Jernegan left post on June 11, 1962.
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Algeria)
    Appointed: July 22, 1965
    Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 1965
    Termination of Mission: Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967
    • Jernegan left post June 10, 1967.