John Melvin Yates - People - Department History
John Melvin Yates (1939–)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Washington
State of Residence: Washington
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cape Verde)
Appointed: March 18, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: April 26, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 24, 1986 - Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Congo (Kinshasa))
Began Service: March 1992
Ended Service: September 1995 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Benin)
Appointed: November 3, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1995
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 27, 1998 - Concurrent Appointments
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)
Appointed: October 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 4, 2001- Also accredited to Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Equatorial Guinea)
Appointed: October 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: February 4, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde November 4, 2001- Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Cameroon)