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James Williams Riddleberger (1904–1982)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia
State of Residence: Virginia
- Director of the Bureau of German Affairs
Appointed: May 14, 1952
Termination of Appointment: July 31, 1952 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Appointed: July 31, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: November 16, 1953
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 11, 1958- Commissioned to Yugoslavia.
- Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Appointed: October 15, 1956
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; declined appointment.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: December 10, 1957
- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Greece)
Appointed: February 5, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: March 4, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 20, 1959 - Director of the International Cooperation Administration
Appointed: March 9, 1959
Entry on Duty: March 9, 1959
Termination of Appointment: February 22, 1961 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: June 24, 1960 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Austria)
Appointed: October 23, 1962
Presentation of Credentials: December 12, 1962
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 10, 1967