Hume Alexander Horan - People - Department History
Hume Alexander Horan (1934–2004)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: New Jersey, District of Columbia
States of Residence: New Jersey, District of Columbia
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
Appointed: June 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: July 29, 1980
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 17, 1983- Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
Appointed: June 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: August 14, 1980
Termination of Mission: Resigned as Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea September 29, 1981- During Horan’s tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Malabo was reestablished on June 11, 1981, with Joanne Thompson as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sudan)
Appointed: July 6, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: July 30, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 4, 1986 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: July 2, 1987
Presentation of Credentials: September 22, 1987
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 22, 1988 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Côte d’Ivoire)
Appointed: June 15, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: September 10, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 6, 1995