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Geoffrey Whitney Lewis (1910–1992)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mauritania)
Appointed: March 11, 1965
Presentation of Credentials: March 31, 1965
Termination of Mission: Mauritania severed diplomatic relations with the United States June 7, 1967 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Central African Republic)
Appointed: September 13, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: October 23, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 2, 1970