United States diplomatic representative to the British Mandate of Palestine

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The United States diplomatic representative to the British Mandate of Palestine was the senior American envoy responsible for managing U.S. political and consular relations with the British-administered territory of Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity Palestine (British Mandate) ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
diplomaticRank consul ⓘ
consul general ⓘ
special representative ⓘ
endTime 1948 ⓘ
followedBy United States ambassador to Israel ⓘ
hasDiplomaticMissionType consulate ⓘ
consulate general ⓘ
jurisdiction British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
final years of the British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
locationOfOffice Haifa ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOf United States consulate in Jerusalem ⓘ
officeHolder Alexander C. Kirk ⓘ
Edgar Jadwin Fisher ⓘ
James G. McDonald ⓘ
John Whiting ⓘ
Lowell C. Pinkerton ⓘ
Otis A. Glazebrook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selah Merrill ⓘ
Thomas C. Wasson NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Foreign Service ⓘ
precededBy United States consul in Ottoman Palestine ⓘ
reportsTo Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ
United States Secretary of State ⓘ
residence Jerusalem ⓘ
United States consulate building in Jerusalem ⓘ
responsibleFor consular services for American citizens in Palestine ⓘ
liaison with British mandatory authorities in Palestine ⓘ
liaison with Jewish and Arab community leaders in Palestine ⓘ
political relations between the United States and the British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ
protecting U.S. economic and commercial interests in Palestine ⓘ
reporting on political developments in Palestine to the U.S. government ⓘ
startTime 1920 ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ

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United States Ambassador to Israel → precededBy → United States diplomatic representative to the British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ