Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Louisiana

1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Congo (Kinshasa))
   Appointed: November 6, 1979
   Presentation of Credentials: November 28, 1979
   Termination of Mission: Left post on August 22, 1982
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Somalia)
   Appointed: September 30, 1982
   Presentation of Credentials: January 26, 1983
   Termination of Mission: Left post on August 12, 1984
3. Director of the Bureau of Counterterrorism
   Appointed: September 10, 1984
   Termination of Appointment: October 12, 1986
   • Effective Nov 4, 1985, the Office was elevated to the Office of Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism. Oakley was designated as Acting Ambassador at Large pending nomination and confirmation of a successor.
4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Pakistan)
   Appointed: August 18, 1988
   Presentation of Credentials: September 1, 1988
   Termination of Mission: Left post on August 29, 1991
   • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on October 17, 1988, after confirmation.