Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
  1. Chargé d’Affaires (Thailand)
    Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1946
    Termination of Mission: Superseded July 4, 1946
    • Not commissioned; letter of credence sent to Yost by telegram on October 16, 1945.
  2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Laos)
    Appointed: August 18, 1954
    Presentation of Credentials: November 1, 1954
    Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 19, 1955
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Laos)
    Appointed: July 27, 1955
    Presentation of Credentials: August 19, 1955
    Termination of Mission: Left post on April 27, 1956
  4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Syria)
    Appointed: December 24, 1957
    Presentation of Credentials: January 16, 1958
    Termination of Mission: Syria incorporated into the United Arab Republic February 22, 1958
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1958, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Republic of Syria.
  5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Morocco)
    Appointed: July 16, 1958
    Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1958
    Termination of Mission: Left Morocco March 5, 1961
  6. Career Ambassador
    Appointed: August 6, 1964
    • Was Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations at the time.
  7. Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
    Appointed: January 22, 1969
    Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 1969
    Termination of Mission: February 25, 1971