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John Cooper Wiley (1893-1967)
Foreign Service officer
State of Residence: Indiana
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
Appointed: July 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1938
Termination of Mission: Soviet forces occupied Tallinn June 17, 1940
Also accredited to Latvia; resident at Riga. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 20, 1939. Wiley left Riga, Jul 25, 1940.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Latvia)
Appointed: July 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: October 6, 1938
Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Jan 20, 1939. Also accredited to Estonia; resident at Riga.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: December 16, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post May 3, 1947
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
Appointed: April 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: June 18, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post March 15, 1948
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: February 26, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: April 6, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post June 18, 1950
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: June 20, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: July 25, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post November 27, 1953