John Durnford Jernegan - People - Department History
John Durnford Jernegan (1911–1981)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
State of Residence: California
- 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.
- 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.