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Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926–2012)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maryland
State of Residence: Maryland
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: December 19, 1973
Presentation of Credentials: March 14, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 10, 1977- Commissioned to the Socialist Republic of Romania.
- Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: December 22, 1977
Termination of Appointment: February 8, 1981 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
Appointed: October 1, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 27, 1985 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chile)
Appointed: July 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: November 18, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 26, 1988