Lincoln MacVeagh - People - Department History
Lincoln MacVeagh (1890–1972)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Connecticut
State of Residence: Connecticut
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: June 13, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: September 22, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 5, 1941- Macveagh was reaccredited on January 4, 1936, on the restoration of the monarchy. The Government of Greece left Athens on April 23, 1941, in anticipation of German occupation. Leslie E. Reed was serving as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim when the Legation in Athens was closed, July 14, 1941.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Iceland)
Appointed: August 8, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: September 30, 1941
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 27, 1942 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
Appointed: May 21, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: October 21, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 21, 1943- Commissioned to the Union of South Africa.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: November 12, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: December 1, 1943
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 11, 1947- Transferred the Embassy to Athens on October 27, 1944. The office of the Embassy at Cairo was closed on November 8, 1944. Also accredited to Yugoslavia; resident at Cairo.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Yugoslavia)
Appointed: November 12, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: December 9, 1943
Termination of Mission: Government of Yugoslavia transferred to England March 11, 1944- Also accredited to Greece; resident at Cairo.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
Appointed: April 8, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: June 9, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 26, 1952 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: February 21, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: March 27, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 4, 1953