Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918–2014)

Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Texas
  1. U.S. Trade Representative
    Appointed: March 30, 1977
    Entry on Duty: March 30, 1977
    Termination of Appointment: August 17, 1979
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russia)
    Appointed: August 2, 1991
    Presentation of Credentials: August 24, 1991
    Termination of Mission: Left post on November 19, 1992
    • Commissioned to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Continued to serve as Ambassador to the Russian Federation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.