John Howard Burns -
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John Howard Burns (1913–2017)
Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Oklahoma
State of Residence: Oklahoma
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Central African Republic)
Appointed: November 10, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 6, 1963- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 30, 1962, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tanzania)
Appointed: September 24, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: January 3, 1966
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 22, 1969 - Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: August 1, 1969
Termination of Appointment: June 15, 1971