Peter John De Vos - People - Department History
Peter John De Vos (1938–2008)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: California, Florida
States of Residence: California, Florida
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guinea-Bissau)
Appointed: August 27, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: September 22, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 30, 1983- Also accredited to Cape Verde; resident at Bissau.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cape Verde)
Appointed: September 5, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left Bissau March 30, 1983- Also accredited to Guinea-Bissau; resident at Bissau.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guinea-Bissau)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mozambique)
Appointed: September 23, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: November 4, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 12, 1987 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Liberia)
Appointed: June 22, 1990
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 27, 1992- Arrived at post on June 28, 1990. Had not presented credentials before the overthrow of the Government of Liberia on September 11, 1990.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tanzania)
Appointed: June 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: January 8, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 3, 1994 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Costa Rica)
Appointed: October 5, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: October 21, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 14, 1997