    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 30, 1991]
    [Page 447]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination of Gordon S. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to
    Mauritania
    April 30, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Gordon S.
    Brown, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. He would succeed William Hart
    Twaddell.
        Since 1989, Mr. Brown has served as a political adviser for the U.S.
    Central Command in Tampa, FL. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Brown served as
    Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. Mr. Brown
    served at the Department of State in several capacities including:
    Director of Arab Peninsula Affairs, 1984-1986; Director of Maritime
    Affairs for the Economic Bureau, 1982-1984; Director of United Nations
    Economic Affairs, 1980-1982; and Deputy Director of the Office of
    Commodities, 1979-1980. Prior to this, Mr. Brown studied at the
    Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1978-1979; served as a petroleum
    finance officer at the U.S. Embassy in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, 1976-1978;
    and as an energy and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris,
    France, 1973-1976. He served at the Department of State as an OPEC/Near
    East officer in the Office of Fuels and Energy, 1971-1973; as an
    Egyptian desk officer, 1969-1971; and as a political officer at the U.S.
    Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, 1963-1966. Mr. Brown joined the Foreign
    Service in 1960.
        Mr. Brown graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1957). He was
    born February 24, 1936, in Rome, Italy. Mr. Brown served in the U.S.
    Army Security Agency, 1957-1960. Mr. Brown is married, has three
    children, and resides in Tampa, FL.