Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld - People - Department History
Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld (1895–1981)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: District of Columbia
State of Residence: District of Columbia
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Norway)
Began Service: Made initial call as Charge d'Affaires on August 2, 1940 - Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Belgium)
Began Service: Initial call made on August 15, 1940- Schoenfeld established the Legation near the Government of the Netherlands in the United Kingdom.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Belgium)
Began Service: November 1, 1940- Served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim near the Government of Belgium established in England.
- Chargé d’Affaires (Luxembourg)
Appointed: March 21, 1944
Termination of Mission: Superseded November 1, 1944- Served near the Government of Luxembourg established in the United Kingdom; resident at London.
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Belgium)
Ended Service: Government of Belgium in England terminated on September 8, 1944 - Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Poland)
Ended Service: Embassy near the Government of Poland in England was terminated on July 5, 1945 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Romania)
Appointed: July 28, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: September 25, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 24, 1950- Schoenfeld presented new credentials on March 11, 1948, when Romania became a republic.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
Appointed: March 13, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: April 24, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 19, 1953 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: October 20, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: January 28, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 26, 1955- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 26, 1954, after confirmation.