John Melvin Yates (1939–)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Washington

1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cape Verde)
   Appointed: March 18, 1983
   Presentation of Credentials: April 26, 1983
   Termination of Mission: Left post on May 24, 1986
2. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Congo (Kinshasa))
   Began Service: March 1992
   Ended Service: September 1995
3. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Benin)
   Appointed: November 3, 1995
   Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1995
   Termination of Mission: Left post on October 27, 1998
4. Concurrent Appointments
   1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
      Appointed: October 22, 1998
      Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1999
      Termination of Mission: Left post on November 4, 2001
      • Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
   2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
      Appointed: October 22, 1998
      Presentation of Credentials: February 4, 1999
      Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde November 4, 2001
      • Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.