Henry Serrano Villard - People - Department History
Henry Serrano Villard (1900–1996)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Libya)
Appointed: February 7, 1952
Presentation of Credentials: March 6, 1952
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 24, 1954 - Representative of the U.S.A. to the European Office of the United Nations
(Geneva)
Appointed: Designated, not commissioned, on June 15, 1958
Termination of Mission: August 3, 1960 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mali)
Presentation of Credentials: July 18, 1960
- Commissioned to the Federation of Mali (capital at Dakar). Took oath of office, but the Federation of Mali was dissolved before Villard proceeded to post. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 27, 1960, after confirmation.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Senegal)
Appointed: October 8, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: October 31, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 30, 1961- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 6, 1961, after confirmation. Also accredited to Mauritania; resident at Dakar.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Mauritania)
Appointed: November 28, 1960
Presentation of Credentials: November 28, 1960
Termination of Mission: Left Dakar April 30, 1961- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on February 6, 1961, after confirmation. Also accredited to Senegal; resident at Dakar.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Senegal)