James Franklin Collins (1939–)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Illinois

1. Ambassador at Large
   Appointed: December 19, 1995
   Entry on Duty: December 26, 1995
   Termination of Appointment: August 1, 1997
   • Commissioned as Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary on the New Independent States.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
   Appointed: August 1, 1996
   Presentation of Credentials: January 26, 1998
   Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge July 10, 2001