Robert Powell Smith - People - Department History
Robert Powell Smith (1929–2012)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Texas, Virginia
States of Residence: Texas, Virginia
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Malta)
Appointed: July 23, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 29, 1976 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Ghana)
Appointed: October 4, 1976
Presentation of Credentials: December 17, 1976
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 7, 1979 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Liberia)
Appointed: July 2, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 15, 1981