Charles Woodruff Yost - People - Department History
Charles Woodruff Yost (1907–1981)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Chargé d’Affaires (Thailand)
Presentation of Credentials: January 5, 1946
Termination of Mission: Superseded July 4, 1946- Not commissioned; letter of credence sent to Yost by telegram on October 16, 1945.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Laos)
Appointed: August 18, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: November 1, 1954
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary August 19, 1955 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Laos)
Appointed: July 27, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: August 19, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 27, 1956 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Syria)
Appointed: December 24, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: January 16, 1958
Termination of Mission: Syria incorporated into the United Arab Republic February 22, 1958- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 29, 1958, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Republic of Syria.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Morocco)
Appointed: July 16, 1958
Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1958
Termination of Mission: Left Morocco March 5, 1961 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: August 6, 1964- Was Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations at the time.
- Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
Appointed: January 22, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: January 23, 1969
Termination of Mission: February 25, 1971