Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Iowa

1. Director General of the Foreign Service
   Appointed: May 1, 1947
   Termination of Appointment: June 23, 1949
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
   Appointed: June 24, 1949
   Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 1949
   Termination of Mission: Left post on October 8, 1951
3. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Hungary)
   Appointed: October 3, 1951
   Presentation of Credentials: January 11, 1952
   Termination of Mission: Left post on August 5, 1956
4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ecuador)
   Appointed: July 21, 1956
   Presentation of Credentials: August 29, 1956
   Termination of Mission: Left post on August 1, 1960
5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
   Appointed: July 21, 1960
   Presentation of Credentials: September 16, 1960
   Termination of Mission: Left post on May 6, 1961
   • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 27, 1960, after confirmation.