Waldemar John Gallman (1899–1980)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Poland)
    Appointed: July 7, 1948
    Presentation of Credentials: October 15, 1948
    Termination of Mission: July 8, 1950
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 2, 1949, after confirmation.
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
    Appointed: August 22, 1951
    Presentation of Credentials: October 18, 1951
    Termination of Mission: Left post on August 15, 1954
    • Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
    Appointed: July 2, 1954
    Presentation of Credentials: November 3, 1954
    Termination of Mission: Left post on December 14, 1958
    • Reaccredited when Iraq became a republic; presented new credentials on September 22, 1958. Commissioned as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Union on July 10, 1958, but did not take oath of office under that appointment, the Arab Union having been dissolved.
  4. Director General of the Foreign Service
    Appointed: November 17, 1958
    Termination of Appointment: January 31, 1961