Bert Fish (1875–1943)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Florida

Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
  Appointed: September 6, 1933
  Presentation of Credentials: December 2, 1933
  Termination of Mission: Left post on February 28, 1941
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia; resident at Cairo.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
  Appointed: August 7, 1939
  Presentation of Credentials: February 4, 1940
  Termination of Mission: Left Cairo February 28, 1941
  - After Fish had withdrawn, but before Kirk presented credentials as non-resident Minister, the Legation in Jeddah was established on May 1, 1942, with James S. Moose, Jr., as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Egypt; resident at Cairo.
Concurrent Appointments
1. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
  Appointed: September 6, 1933
  Presentation of Credentials: December 2, 1933
  Termination of Mission: Left post on February 28, 1941
  - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 15, 1934, after confirmation. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia; resident at Cairo.
2. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
  Appointed: August 7, 1939
  Presentation of Credentials: February 4, 1940
  Termination of Mission: Left Cairo February 28, 1941
  - After Fish had withdrawn, but before Kirk presented credentials as non-resident Minister, the Legation in Jeddah was established on May 1, 1942, with James S. Moose, Jr., as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Egypt; resident at Cairo.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
Appointed: February 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: March 26, 1941
Termination of Mission: Died at post on July 21, 1943