Paul Matthews Cleveland - People - Department History
Paul Matthews Cleveland (1931–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
States of Residence: Florida, Virginia
States of Residence: Florida, Virginia
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
Appointed: December 6, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: January 10, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 28, 1989- Also accredited to Samoa; resident at Wellington.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Samoa)
Appointed: June 16, 1986
Presentation of Credentials: August 20, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left Wellington April 28, 1989- During Cleveland’s tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Apia was established on November 15, 1988, with William P. Francisco III as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. Also accredited to New Zealand; resident at Wellington.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (New Zealand)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Malaysia)
Appointed: October 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: November 8, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 23, 1992