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.