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Joseph Charles Wilson IV (1949–)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
  1. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Iraq)
    Began Service: July 1990
    Ended Service: Embassy Baghdad closed on January 12, 1991
    • The United States and its allies began military operations against Iraq on January 16, 1991. Iraq severed diplomatic relations with the United States on February 9, 1991.
  2. Concurrent Appointments
    1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Gabon)
      Appointed: July 14, 1992
      Presentation of Credentials: September 17, 1992
      Termination of Mission: Left post on August 5, 1995
      • Also accredited to Sao Tome and Principe; resident at Libreville.
    2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sao Tome and Principe)
      Appointed: July 14, 1992
      Presentation of Credentials: September 29, 1992
      Termination of Mission: Left Libreville August 4, 1995
      • Also accredited to Gabon; resident at Libreville.