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Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (1891–1967)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New York
State of Residence: New York
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (France)
Ended Service: France severed diplomatic relations with the United States on November 8, 1942 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: May 4, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: June 14, 1944
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 10, 1946 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Egypt)
Appointed: September 19, 1946
Presentation of Credentials: October 10, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 30, 1948- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 13, 1947, after confirmation.