Edwin Allan Lightner Jr. - People - Department History
Edwin Allan Lightner Jr. (1907–1990)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Maine
State of Residence: Maine
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Libya)
Appointed: May 3, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: May 27, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 30, 1965