Donald Richard Norland -
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Donald Richard Norland (1924–2007)
Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Iowa
State of Residence: Iowa
- Concurrent Appointments
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Benin)
Began Service: August 1, 1960
- Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on July 31, 1960, to take effect on August 1, 1960. Also accredited to Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Niger; resident at Abidjan.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Niger)
Began Service: August 3, 1960
- Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on August 2, 1960, to take effect on August 3, 1960. Also accredited to Benin, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire; resident at Abidjan.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Burkina Faso)
Began Service: August 5, 1960
- Presented credentials as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim on August 4, 1960, to take effect on August 5, 1960. Also accredited to Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and Niger; resident at Abidjan.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Côte d’Ivoire)
Began Service: August 7, 1960
- Also accredited to Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger; resident at Abidjan.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Benin)
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Botswana)
Appointed: November 17, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: December 14, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 6, 1979- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on June 24, 1977, after confirmation. Also accredited to Lesotho and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Lesotho)
Appointed: November 17, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: January 6, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone October 6, 1979- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on June 24, 1977, after confirmation. Also accredited to Botswana and Swaziland; resident at Gaborone.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Swaziland)
Appointed: November 17, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: February 23, 1978
Termination of Mission: Left Gaborone September 8, 1979- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on June 24, 1977, after confirmation. Also accredited to Botswana and Lesotho; resident at Gaborone.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Botswana)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chad)
Appointed: September 28, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1979
Termination of Mission: Embassy closed March 24, 1980