Patricia Gates Lynch (1926–2011)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: District of Columbia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Comoros)
  Appointed: June 16, 1986
  Presentation of Credentials: October 3, 1986
  Termination of Mission: Left Antananarivo August 31, 1989
  - Also accredited to Madagascar; resident at Antananarivo.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Madagascar)
  Appointed: June 16, 1986
  Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1986
  Termination of Mission: Left post on August 31, 1989
  - Also accredited to Comoros; resident at Antananarivo.