Richard Porter Butrick (1894 Lockport,New York [1] –April 13,1997 Washington,DC) was the director general of the US Foreign Service from 1949 to 1952. [2]
Butrick,a graduate of the first class of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1921), [3] died from cardiac arrest at Sibley Memorial Hospital at the age of 102. [2]
He was consul general in São Paulo,Brazil,when he retired in 1959 with the rank of career minister. He was consul general in Montreal (1952–1955) and Minister to Iceland. [1]
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954,serving through most of the country's occupation after World War II. Yoshida played a major role in determining the course of post-war Japan by forging a strong relationship with the United States and pursuing economic recovery.
Robert Daniel Murphy was an American diplomat. He served as the first United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs when the position was established during the Eisenhower administration.
Clarence Edward Gauss was an American diplomat.
Ural Alexis Johnson was a United States diplomat.
The Consulate General of the United States,Hong Kong and Macau,represents the United States in Hong Kong and Macau.
John Moore Allison was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1958,he was Ambassador to Indonesia and from 1958 to 1960 to Czechoslovakia. In the 1960s and 1970s,he was a professor at the University of Hawaii.
Foreign relations exist between Australia and Estonia. Australia first recognised Estonia on 22 September 1921. Australia was among the first countries to re-recognise Estonia's independence on 27 August 1991. Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 21 November 1991.
The Australian Consulate General Hong Kong represents the Commonwealth of Australia in Hong Kong,and is also accredited to Macau. As Hong Kong was linked to the Commonwealth during British administration,Australia's diplomatic presence was exercised by an Australian Commission,until 1 January 1986,when it was renamed the Australian Consulate-General. From 1946 to 1972,Australia was represented by the Australian Trade Commission.
The Australian Consul-General and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner in Houston represents the Australian Government in Houston,Texas. Although it is run and managed by Austrade,the Consulate-General carries out visiting and reporting responsibilities on behalf of the Australian Ambassador in Washington for Texas,Arkansas,Oklahoma and Louisiana.
The relations between the Ottoman Empire and the United States have a long history,with roots before American independence due to long-standing trade between the two regions. After the American independence in 1776,the first relations between these two countries started through the contact between the American merchants,statesmen and lastly the Navy and North African countries and with the Ottoman Empire after 1780.
Christian Magelssen Ravndal was an American Career Foreign Service Officer FSO who served as the 2nd Director General of the Foreign Service from May 1,1947,until June 23,1949,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uruguay (1949–1951),Hungary (1951–1956),Ecuador (1956–1960),and Czechoslovakia (1960–1961),among many other postings during a prolific career spanning 40+ years.
Herbert Eugene Horowitz was a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,Class of Minister-Counselor,American Ambassador to The Gambia from 1986 to 1989,consul general in Sydney,Australia from 1981 to 1984,and deputy chief of mission at the Embassy in Beijing,China from 1984 to 1986.
Foreign relations exist between Australia and Latvia. Australia first recognised Latvia on 22 September 1921 and was among the first countries to re-recognise Latvia's independence on 27 August 1991. Both countries re-established diplomatic relations on 21 November 1991. Australia is represented in Latvia through its embassy in Stockholm,Sweden and an honorary consulate in Riga. Latvia has had an embassy in Canberra since October 2021,and also has honorary consulates in Sydney,Brisbane,Adelaide,Melbourne and Perth.
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