Cornelius Van Hemert Engert - People - Department History
Cornelius Van Hemert Engert (1887–1985)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
State of Residence: California
- Minister Resident/Consul General (Ethiopia)
Appointed: February 7, 1936
Presentation of Credentials: April 30, 1936
Termination of Mission: Italian forces occupied Addis Ababa on May 6, 1936- Engert left post on May 4, 1937.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Iran)
Began Service: June 1937
Ended Service: December 1940 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Afghanistan)
Appointed: May 2, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: July 2, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 17, 1945