Karl Lott Rankin (1898–1991)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maine

1. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (China)
   Began Service: August 1950
   Ended Service: April 1953
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (China)
   Appointed: February 27, 1953
   Presentation of Credentials: April 2, 1953
   Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated December 30, 1957
   • Commissioned to China; resident at Taipei.
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
   Appointed: December 13, 1957
   Presentation of Credentials: February 19, 1958
   Termination of Mission: Left post on April 22, 1961
   • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1958, after confirmation. Commissioned to Yugoslavia.