William Lester Eagleton Jr. -
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William Lester Eagleton Jr. (1926–2011)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Washington
State of Residence: Washington
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Algeria)
Began Service: December 1969
Ended Service: July 1974 - Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Libya)
Began Service: August 1978
Ended Service: Recalled February 8, 1980 - Principal Officer (Iraq)
Presentation of Credentials: August 1980
Termination of Mission: June 1984 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Syria)
Appointed: October 4, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: December 6, 1984
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 31, 1988