Edward Marks (1934–)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cape Verde)
  Appointed: September 15, 1977
  Presentation of Credentials: October 18, 1977
  Termination of Mission: Left post on July 11, 1980
  - During Marks’s tenure as non-resident Ambassador, Embassy Praia was established on January 28, 1978, with Howard McGowan as Charge d’affaires ad interim. Also accredited to Guinea-Bissau; resident at Bissau.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guinea-Bissau)
  Appointed: September 16, 1977
  Presentation of Credentials: October 31, 1977
  Termination of Mission: Left post on July 11, 1980
  - Also accredited to Cape Verde; resident at Bissau.