Robert Schwarz Strauss - People - Department History
Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014)
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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Texas
State of Residence: Texas
- U.S. Trade Representative
Appointed: March 30, 1977
Entry on Duty: March 30, 1977
Termination of Appointment: August 17, 1979 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: August 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: August 24, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 19, 1992- Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Continued to serve as Ambassador to the Russian Federation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.