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Robert Strausz-Hupe (1903-)
Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Maldives)
Appointed: February 16, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: July 25, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left Colombo December 12, 1971
Also accredited to Ceylon; resident at Colombo.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
Appointed: February 16, 1970
Presentation of Credentials: May 3, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left post December 12, 1971
Commissioned to Ceylon; also accredited to Maldives; resident at Colombo.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Belgium)
Appointed: February 15, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: March 24, 1972
Termination of Mission: Left post May 22, 1974
An earlier nomination of Dec 8, 1971, was not acted upon by the Senate.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sweden)
Appointed: April 25, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: May 29, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post March 3, 1976
U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Appointed: March 3, 1976
Termination of Appointment: April 20, 1977
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Turkey)
Appointed: July 27, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: September 7, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post May 18, 1989
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it. .