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81United States Ambassador to South Vietnam — After World War II France attempted to regain control of Vietnam, which they had lost to Japan in 1940. France split the country into two parts, the north and the south. The southern part was named The State of Vietnam under the leadership of Bao …
82United States Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe — The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe comprises two islands in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of central Africa: São Tomé and Príncipe. The islands were uninhabited before the arrival of the Portuguese explorers sometime between 1469 …
83United States Ambassador to Cape Verde — The United States recognized Cape Verde and commissioned its first ambassador Melissa F. Wells in 1976. Ambassador Wells was concurrently accredited to Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde while resident at Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau. In 1980,… …
84Michael Richard Bell — For others with the same or similar names, see Michael Bell. Michael Richard Bell is a former Canadian diplomat. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Peru, then to Bolivia and then to Mongolia. Bell was later appointed …
85International Meridian Conference — Vertical red line (down the middle) is the Prime Meridian. The International Meridian Conference was a conference held in October 1884 in Washington, D.C., in the United States to determine the Prime Meridian of the world. The conference was held …
86United States Ambassador to Mozambique — Mozambique was an overseas possession of Portugal until 1975. On June 25, 1975, Portugual granted independence to Mozambique, much later than other European nations had freed their own African possessions.The United States immediately recognized… …
87United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe — The first United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe was appointed on May 23, 1980, after the Republic of Zimbabwe came into being to replace the previous white minority government of Rhodesia, and its successor Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979 1980).The… …
88United States Ambassador to Djibouti — The area on the Horn of Africa that is now the small nation of Djibouti has been populated for thousands of years by the nomadic peoples of Africa. The Somali and Afar tribes of the area were known to trade hides and skins for the perfumes and… …
89Kingdom of the Netherlands — For the country called Netherlands within the Kingdom, see Netherlands. Kingdom of the Netherlands Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Dutch) Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen (West Frisian) …
90Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands — Netherlands This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Netherlands …
