Charles Burke Elbrick - People - Department History
Charles Burke Elbrick (1908–1983)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Kentucky
State of Residence: Kentucky
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Appointed: February 11, 1957
Entry on Duty: February 14, 1957
Termination of Appointment: November 16, 1958 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
Appointed: October 29, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: January 13, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 31, 1963- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on Janaury 29, 1959, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Appointed: January 29, 1964
Presentation of Credentials: March 17, 1964
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 28, 1969- Commissioned to Yugoslavia.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Brazil)
Appointed: May 1, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: July 14, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 7, 1970 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: August 11, 1969