Raymond Arthur Hare - People - Department History
Raymond Arthur Hare (1901–1994)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Iowa, West Virginia
States of Residence: Iowa, West Virginia
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: September 20, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: October 24, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 8, 1953- Also accredited to Yemen; resident at Jeddah.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yemen)
Appointed: September 20, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: July 22, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left Jeddah July 8, 1953- Commissioned to the Kingdom of Yemen. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia; resident at Jeddah.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Lebanon)
Appointed: July 28, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: September 29, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 1, 1954 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: August 14, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: September 25, 1956
Termination of Mission: Recommissioned and reaccredited after formation of the United Arab Republic March 19, 1958- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1957, after confirmation.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: March 10, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: March 19, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 18, 1959- Commissioned to the United Arab Republic. Also accredited to Yemen; resident at Cairo.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yemen)
Appointed: February 16, 1959
Presentation of Credentials: March 11, 1959
Termination of Mission: Left Cairo December 18, 1959- Commissioned to the Kingdom of Yemen. During Hare's tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Legation Taiz was opened to the public effective March 16, 1959, with Charles B. Ferguson as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Egypt; resident at Cairo.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: January 21, 1960
Entry on Duty: January 25, 1960
Termination of Appointment: March 5, 1961 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: June 24, 1960 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: February 24, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: April 5, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 27, 1965 - Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Appointed: September 11, 1965
Entry on Duty: September 22, 1965
Termination of Appointment: November 30, 1966