    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 26, 1991]
    [Pages 437-438]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of John Thomas McCarthy To Be United States Ambassador to
    Tunisia
    April 26, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate John Thomas
    McCarthy, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia. He would succeed Robert H.
    Pelletreau.
        Ambassador McCarthy currently serves as a diplomat-
    in residence at Howard Universi-

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    ty and the University of the District of Columbia. From 1988 to 1990
    Ambassador McCarthy served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of
    Lebanon, Beirut, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in
    Islamabad, Pakistan, 1985-1988. Prior to this Ambassador McCarthy served
    at the Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau
    of Public Affairs, 1983-1985, and Director of the Office of Investment
    for the Economic Bureau, 1980-1983. He served at the U.S. Mission to the
    European Community in Brussels, Belgium, as economic counselor, 1978-
    1980, and as a trade officer, 1976-1978. Ambassador McCarthy served at
    the European Community desk in the European Bureau of the Department of
    State, 1973-1976; trained in Atlantic affairs at Harvard University,
    1972-1973; as a political officer for the Bureau of International
    Organizations at the Department of State, 1971-1972; and as vice consul
    at the American consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1969-1971. He also
    trained at the Foreign Service Institute in the Thai language, 1968;
    served at the operations center at the Department of State, 1967-1968;
    as second secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, 1965-1967;
    and as third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Bangui, Central African
    Republic, 1962-1964. He entered the Foreign Service in 1962.
        Ambassador McCarthy graduated from Manhattan College (B.A., 1961)
    and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1973). He was born December 27, 1939, in
    New York, NY. Ambassador McCarthy is married, has three children, and
    resides in Washington, DC.