Thomas Reeve Pickering -
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Thomas Reeve Pickering (1931–)
Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Jersey
State of Residence: New Jersey
- Executive Secretary
Appointed: July 30, 1973
Termination of Appointment: January 31, 1974 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Jordan)
Appointed: February 27, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: March 2, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 13, 1978 - Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and
Scientific Affairs
Appointed: September 23, 1978
Entry on Duty: October 10, 1978
Termination of Appointment: February 24, 1981 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Nigeria)
Appointed: October 26, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: November 30, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 9, 1983 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (El Salvador)
Appointed: August 5, 1983
Presentation of Credentials: September 5, 1983
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 7, 1985 - Career Ambassador
Appointed: September 29, 1984 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Israel)
Appointed: July 12, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: August 6, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post on December 28, 1988 - Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
Appointed: March 8, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: March 20, 1989
Termination of Mission: May 7, 1992 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (India)
Appointed: April 6, 1992
Presentation of Credentials: August 14, 1992
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 23, 1993 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: May 12, 1993
Presentation of Credentials: May 21, 1993
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 1, 1996 - Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Appointed: May 27, 1997
Entry on Duty: May 27, 1997
Termination of Appointment: December 31, 2000