Christian Magelssen Ravndal - People - Department History
Christian Magelssen Ravndal (1899–1984)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Iowa
State of Residence: Iowa
- Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: May 1, 1947
Termination of Appointment: June 23, 1949 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Uruguay)
Appointed: June 24, 1949
Presentation of Credentials: September 9, 1949
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 8, 1951 - 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 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ecuador)
Appointed: July 21, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: August 29, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 1, 1960 - 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.