Herbert John Spiro (1924–2010)

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Pennsylvania

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
  Appointed: July 24, 1975
  Presentation of Credentials: September 1, 1975
  Termination of Mission: Left post on May 7, 1977
  - Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
  Appointed: July 24, 1975
  Presentation of Credentials: September 1, 1975
  Termination of Mission: Declared persona non grata by Government of Equatorial Guinea March 14, 1976
  - Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.