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George Wadsworth II (1893–1958)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Italy)
Began Service: October 1941
Ended Service: Italy declared war on the United States December 6, 1941 - Concurrent Appointments
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General (Lebanon)
Appointed: October 9, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: November 19, 1942
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 16, 1944- Also accredited to Syria; resident at Beirut.
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General (Syria)
Appointed: October 9, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: November 30, 1942
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary November 17, 1944- Commissioned to the Republic of Syria. Also accredited to Lebanon; resident at Beirut.
- Diplomatic Agent/Consul General (Lebanon)
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Lebanon)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: November 16, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 1, 1947- Also accredited to Syria; resident at Beirut.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Syria)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: November 17, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 8, 1947- Commissioned to the Republic of Syria. Also accredited to Lebanon; resident at Beirut.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Lebanon)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
Appointed: November 19, 1946- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
Appointed: January 13, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: February 15, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 26, 1948 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: August 11, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: October 1, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 2, 1952- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on March 2, 1949, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Czechoslovakia)
Appointed: October 8, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: December 29, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 30, 1953- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on May 1, 1953, after confirmation.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)
Appointed: October 21, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: January 9, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 1, 1958- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 26, 1954, after confirmation. Also accredited to Yemen; resident at Jeddah.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Yemen)
Appointed: October 21, 1953
Presentation of Credentials: September 13, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left Jeddah January 1, 1958- Commissioned to the Kingdom of Yemen. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 26, 1954, after confirmation. Also accredited to Saudi Arabia; resident at Jeddah.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Saudi Arabia)