Norman Armour - People - Department History
Norman Armour (1887–1982)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Jersey
State of Residence: New Jersey
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Haiti)
Appointed: July 25, 1932
Presentation of Credentials: November 7, 1932
Termination of Mission: Recess appointment expired March 4, 1933- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate. Armour left post on March 4, 1933; he returned on March 8, and presented a copy of his letter of credence under his new appointment, March 23, 1933.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Haiti)
Appointed: March 17, 1933
Presentation of Credentials: April 11, 1933
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 21, 1935 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Canada)
Appointed: May 29, 1935
Presentation of Credentials: August 7, 1935
Termination of Mission: Left post on January 15, 1938 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chile)
Appointed: January 17, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: April 21, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 10, 1939 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Argentina)
Appointed: May 18, 1939
Presentation of Credentials: June 19, 1939
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 29, 1944 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Spain)
Appointed: December 15, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: March 24, 1945
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 1, 1945 - Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: June 10, 1947
Entry on Duty: July 1, 1947
Termination of Appointment: July 15, 1948 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Venezuela)
Appointed: September 20, 1950
Presentation of Credentials: December 7, 1950
Termination of Mission: Left post on October 2, 1951 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Guatemala)
Appointed: September 15, 1954
Presentation of Credentials: October 18, 1954
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 9, 1955- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on December 3, 1954, after confirmation.