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Francis Joseph Ricciardone (1952–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: New Hampshire, Massachusetts
States of Residence: New Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Palau)
Appointed: February 4, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: July 6, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left Manila April 1, 2005- Also accredited to Philippines; resident at Manila.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Philippines)
Appointed: February 4, 2002
Presentation of Credentials: May 15, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 1, 2005- Also accredited to Palau; resident at Manila.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Palau)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: August 2, 2005
Presentation of Credentials: November 13, 2005
Termination of Mission: April 18, 2008 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: December 29, 2010
Presentation of Credentials: January 28, 2011
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 8, 2014- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on October 5, 2011, after confirmation.