James Richard Cheek - People - Department History
James Richard Cheek (1936–2011)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Arkansas
State of Residence: Arkansas
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Ethiopia)
Began Service: July 1985
Ended Service: August 1988 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sudan)
Appointed: October 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: November 16, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 8, 1992 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Argentina)
Appointed: May 28, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 18, 1996