Francis Vincent Ortiz Jr. - People - Department History
Francis Vincent Ortiz Jr. (1926–2005)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Mexico
State of Residence: New Mexico
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Grenada)
Appointed: July 14, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: July 29, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left Bridgetown May 15, 1979- Also Special Representative to Antigua, Dominica, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Also accredited to Barbados; resident at Bridgetown.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Barbados)
Appointed: July 14, 1977
Presentation of Credentials: July 29, 1977
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 15, 1979- Also Special Representative to Antigua, Dominica, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Also accredited to Grenada; resident at Bridgetown.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Grenada)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
Appointed: July 3, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: July 17, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 6, 1980 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Peru)
Appointed: October 1, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: November 10, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 27, 1983 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Argentina)
Appointed: November 18, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: November 29, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on August 29, 1986