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William Jules Handley (1918–1979)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mali)
    Appointed: December 7, 1961
    Presentation of Credentials: February 14, 1962
    Termination of Mission: Left post on September 8, 1964
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 30, 1962, after confirmation.
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
    Appointed: May 1, 1969
    Presentation of Credentials: July 1, 1969
    Termination of Mission: Left post on April 19, 1973