John D. Jernegan | |
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US Ambassador to Iraq | |
In office December 11, 1958 – June 2, 1962 | |
President | Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy |
Preceded by | Waldemar J. Gallman |
Succeeded by | Robert C. Strong |
2nd US Ambassador to Algeria | |
In office July 22, 1965 – June 6, 1967 | |
President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | William J. Porter |
Succeeded by | Richard Bordeaux Parker |
Personal details | |
Born | Long Beach, California, US | June 12, 1911
Died | November 6, 1980 Carmel Valley, California, US | (aged 69)
Spouse | Mary Margaret Brownrigg |
Education | Georgetown University Stanford University |
John Durnford Jernegan (June 12, 1911 – November 6, 1980) was an American career Foreign Service Officer who served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iraq from 1958 until the Government of Iraq requested his departure on June 2, 1962. He left his post on June 11, 1962. Jernegan was also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria from 1965 until Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the United States on June 6, 1967.[1]