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Sheldon Baird Vance (1917–1995)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Minnesota
State of Residence: Minnesota
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chad)
Appointed: August 11, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: September 23, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 9, 1969 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Congo (Kinshasa))
Appointed: May 27, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: June 28, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 26, 1974- Commissioned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.