Ellsworth Bunker -
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Ellsworth Bunker (1894–1984)
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Non-career appointee
States of Residence: New York, Vermont
States of Residence: New York, Vermont
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Argentina)
Appointed: March 13, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: May 8, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 12, 1952 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Italy)
Appointed: March 13, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: May 7, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 3, 1953 - Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
Appointed: November 28, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: March 4, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left India March 23, 1961- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 25, 1957, after confirmation. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nepal)
Appointed: November 28, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: March 8, 1957
Termination of Mission: Superseded November 25, 1959- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 25, 1957, after confirmation. During Bunker's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Kathmandu was opened on August 6, 1959, with L. Douglas Heck as Charge d'affaires ad interim. Also accredited to India; resident at New Delhi.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
- Permanent Representative of the U.S.A. to the Organization of American States
(Washington)
Appointed: January 23, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: January 29, 1964
Termination of Mission: November 7, 1966 - Ambassador at Large
Appointed: October 13, 1966
Entry on Duty: November 8, 1966
Termination of Appointment: April 11, 1967 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Vietnam)
Appointed: April 5, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: April 28, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 11, 1973- William J. Porter served as Deputy Ambassador from September 1965 until May 1967; Eugene M. Locke served as Deputy Ambassador from May 1967 until January 1968; Samuel D. Berger served as Deputy Ambassador from March 1968 until March 1927; Charles S. Whitehouse served as Deputy Ambassador from March 1972 until August 1973.
- Ambassador at Large
Appointed: September 26, 1973
Entry on Duty: October 11, 1973
Termination of Appointment: June 30, 1978