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Francis Henry Russell (1904–1989)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maine
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
    Appointed: April 8, 1957
    Presentation of Credentials: June 5, 1957
    Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand November 28, 1960
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ghana)
    Appointed: November 11, 1960
    Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 1961
    Termination of Mission: Left post on March 13, 1962
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 6, 1961, after confirmation.
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Tunisia)
    Appointed: September 10, 1962
    Presentation of Credentials: October 16, 1962
    Termination of Mission: Left post on July 18, 1969