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Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Germany)
Began Service: May 1939
Ended Service: October 1940 - Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: February 11, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: March 29, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 29, 1944- Also accredited to Greece and Saudi Arabia; resident at Cairo.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: February 21, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1942
Termination of Mission: Superseded July 18, 1943- Also accredited to Egypt and Greece; resident at Cairo.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: June 4, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: June 15, 1943
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on November 25, 1943- Also accredited to Egypt and Saudi Arabia; resident at Cairo.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Italy)
Appointed: December 8, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: January 8, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 5, 1946