Robert Brendon Keating (1924–2012)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: District of Columbia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Comoros)
  Appointed: July 6, 1983
  Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 1983
  Termination of Mission: Left Antananarivo May 1, 1986
  - During Keating's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Moroni was established August 26, 1985 with Edward Brynn as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Madagascar; resident at Antananarivo.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Madagascar)
  Appointed: July 6, 1983
  Presentation of Credentials: August 11, 1983
  Termination of Mission: Left post on May 1, 1986
  - Also accredited to Comoros; resident at Antananarivo.