Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1925–2014)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Tennessee

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Japan)
Appointed: May 31, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: July 5, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 17, 2005