Robert Marion Sayre -
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Robert Marion Sayre (1924–2016)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: July 24, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: August 27, 1968
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 19, 1969 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: September 15, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: October 31, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 14, 1974 - Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service
Appointed: November 25, 1975
Termination of Appointment: May 1, 1978- Brandon H. Grove served as Acting Inspector General, May-Jul 1978.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Brazil)
Appointed: May 1, 1978
Presentation of Credentials: June 8, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 19, 1981 - Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism
Appointed: May 11, 1982
Termination of Appointment: September 10, 1984