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{{Short description|American diplomat (1911–1980)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = John D. Jernegan
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| successor = [[Robert C. Strong]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|06|12}}▼
| president = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<br/>[[John F. Kennedy]]
| birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]], US▼
| office1 = [[US Ambassador to Algeria]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|11|06|1911|06|12}}▼
| termstart1 = July 22, 1965
| death_place = [[Carmel Valley, California]], US▼
| termend1 = June 6, 1967
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| image = John D Jernegan.png
▲| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|06|12}}
▲| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|11|06|1911|06|12}}
▲| death_place = [[Carmel Valley, California]], US
| spouse = Mary Margaret Brownrigg
| education = [[Georgetown University]]<br/>[[Stanford University]]
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'''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.<ref name="OotH">{{cite web |title=John Durnford Jernegan |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jernegan-john-durnford |website=Office of the Historian |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>▼
▲'''John Durnford Jernegan''' (June 12, 1911 – November 6, 1980) was an American career [[Foreign Service officer|Foreign Service Officer]] who served as the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq|Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
==Early life==▼
Jernegan was born on June 12, 1911, in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook |date=1960 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |pages=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5MYAAAAIAAJ&q=John+D.+Jernegan+1911 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> ▼
▲==Early life and career==
He was considered Persona non Grata after siding with Britain when Britain was going to protect Kuwait when [[Abd al-Karim Qasim|Abdul Karim Qasim]], the Iraqi leader, laid claim to Kuwait.<ref name="Hume">{{cite web |title=TO MY CHILDREN |url=http://memory.loc.gov/service/mss/mssmisc/mfdip/2005%20txt%20files/2004hor02.txt |website=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="NSF">{{cite web |title=The John F. Kennedy National Security Files, 1961–1963 |url=https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/mikro/lit21212.pdf |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> ▼
▲Jernegan was born on June 12, 1911, in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Current Biography Yearbook |date=1960 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |pages=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5MYAAAAIAAJ&q=John+D.+Jernegan+1911 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> He attended the [[Georgetown University]] [[Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]] and has an [[Bachelor of Arts|AB]] and [[Master of Arts|AM]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=June 1965 |title=Jernegan Chosen Envoy to Algeria |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108168813&seq=379 |journal=State Department Newsletter |pages=23 |via=Hathitrust}}</ref>
Before he was appointed as Ambassador, Jernegan worked as the Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs (1949-1950) and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs (1952-1955).<ref name=":0" /> Jernegan also held the position of Faculty Advisor at the [[Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base]].<ref name=":0" />
▲He was considered Persona non Grata after siding with [[United Kingdom|Britain]] when Britain
==Death==
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