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William Lacy Swing (1934–)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: North Carolina
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Congo (Brazzaville))
    Appointed: April 26, 1979
    Presentation of Credentials: May 11, 1979
    Termination of Mission: Left post on May 30, 1981
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Liberia)
    Appointed: July 18, 1981
    Presentation of Credentials: August 11, 1981
    Termination of Mission: Left post on June 10, 1985
  3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (South Africa)
    Appointed: August 7, 1989
    Presentation of Credentials: September 8, 1989
    Termination of Mission: Left post on July 5, 1992
  4. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nigeria)
    Appointed: June 15, 1992
    Presentation of Credentials: September 24, 1992
    Termination of Mission: Left post on September 22, 1993
  5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Haiti)
    Appointed: October 8, 1993
    Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 1993
    Termination of Mission: Left post on January 5, 1998
  6. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Congo (Kinshasa))
    Appointed: August 11, 1998
    Presentation of Credentials: October 13, 1998
    Termination of Mission: Left post on August 11, 2001
    • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 25, 1999.