Robert Dean Nesen (1918–2005)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: California

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Australia)
  Appointed: May 20, 1981
  Presentation of Credentials: June 17, 1981
  Termination of Mission: Left post on May 2, 1985
  - Also accredited to Nauru; resident at Canberra.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nauru)
  Appointed: June 17, 1981
  Presentation of Credentials: November 20, 1981
  Termination of Mission: Left Canberra May 2, 1985
  - Also accredited to Australia; resident at Canberra.