James Roderick Lilley (1935–2009)

Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Maryland

1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Korea)
   Appointed: October 16, 1986
   Presentation of Credentials: November 26, 1986
   Termination of Mission: Left post on January 3, 1989
2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (China)
   Appointed: April 20, 1989
   Presentation of Credentials: May 8, 1989
   Termination of Mission: Left post on May 10, 1991
   • Commissioned to the People’s Republic of China.