Andrew Vincent Corry (1904–1981)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Montana

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sierra Leone)
Appointed: January 29, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: February 25, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 19, 1967
Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
  Appointed: May 24, 1967
  Presentation of Credentials: July 19, 1967
  Termination of Mission: Left post on March 21, 1970
  - Commissioned to Ceylon. Also accredited to Maldives; resident at Colombo.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Maldives)
  Appointed: May 24, 1967
  Presentation of Credentials: December 12, 1967
  Termination of Mission: Left Colombo March 21, 1970
  - Reaccredited when Maldive Islands became a republic; presented new credentials on January 13, 1969. Commissioned to the Maldive Islands. Also accredited to Sri Lanka; resident at Colombo.