George McDade Staples - People - Department History
George McDade Staples (1947–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Kentucky
State of Residence: Kentucky
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Rwanda)
Appointed: October 26, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: January 27, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post on September 22, 2001 - Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
Appointed: September 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: December 21, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 10, 2004- Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
Appointed: September 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: January 24, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde July 10, 2004- Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
- Director General of the Foreign Service
Appointed: May 22, 2006
Entry on Duty: May 25, 2006
Termination of Appointment: June 27, 2007