Donald R. Toussaint (1927–1986)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Virginia

Concurrent Appointments
1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
  Appointed: November 27, 1979
  Presentation of Credentials: January 21, 1980
  Termination of Mission: Left post on January 17, 1982
  - Also accredited to Maldives; resident at Colombo.
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Maldives)
  Appointed: December 17, 1979
  Presentation of Credentials: February 25, 1980
  Termination of Mission: Left Colombo January 17, 1982
  - Also accredited to Sri Lanka; resident at Colombo.