Robert Bigger Oakley -
People - Department History
Robert Bigger Oakley (1931–2014)
NOTE TO READERS
Updates to the Principal Officers and Chiefs of Mission database are currently suspended. For information about the Department’s current and recent leadership, we recommend visiting the Department of State homepage’s Biographies of Senior Officials and List of U.S. Ambassadors.
Notice posted on January 12, 2024.
Last
updated March 14, 2024.
Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Louisiana
State of Residence: Louisiana
- 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 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Somalia)
Appointed: September 30, 1982
Presentation of Credentials: January 26, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 12, 1984 - 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.
- 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.