William Leonhart - People - Department History
William Leonhart (1919–1997)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: West Virginia
State of Residence: West Virginia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tanzania)
Appointed: August 22, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: October 3, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 22, 1965- Reaccredited when Tanganyika became a republic; presented new credentials on December 17, 1962. Continued to serve, without further reaccreditation, after the formation of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Appointed: May 1, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: June 30, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 18, 1971- Commissioned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.