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John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
- Chargé d’Affaires ad interim (Austria)
Began Service: September 26, 1937
Ended Service: Legation closed on April 30, 1938- Austria was annexed to Germany on March 13, 1938.
- Concurrent Appointments
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
Appointed: July 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: November 24, 1938
Termination of Mission: Soviet forces occupied Tallinn June 17, 1940- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 20, 1939, after confirmation. Wiley left Riga on July 25, 1940. Also accredited to Latvia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Latvia)
Appointed: July 18, 1938
Presentation of Credentials: October 6, 1938
Termination of Mission: Left post on July 25, 1940- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 20, 1939, after confirmation. Soviet forces occupied Riga on June 17, 1940. Also accredited to Estonia; resident at Riga.
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Estonia)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Colombia)
Appointed: September 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: December 16, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left post on May 3, 1947 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Portugal)
Appointed: April 10, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: June 18, 1947
Termination of Mission: Left post on March 15, 1948 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iran)
Appointed: February 26, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: April 6, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post on June 18, 1950 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Panama)
Appointed: June 20, 1951
Presentation of Credentials: July 25, 1951
Termination of Mission: Left post on November 27, 1953