    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 31, 1991]
    [Page 90]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Charles R. Baquet III To Be United States Ambassador to
    Djibouti
    January 31, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles R.
    Baquet III, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
    Djibouti. He would succeed Robert South Barrett IV.
        Currently Mr. Baquet serves as consul general at the U.S. consulate
    general in Cape Town, South Africa, 1988-1991. Prior to this he attended
    the senior seminar at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, DC,
    1987-1988. In addition he has served as Director of the Regional
    Management Center at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France, 1983-1987;
    Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations of the Bureau of
    Administration at the Department of State, 1979-1983; special assistant
    to the Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of
    State, 1978-1979; Counselor for Administrative Affairs in Beirut,
    Lebanon, 1976-1978; and as general service officer at the U.S. consulate
    general in Hong Kong, 1975-1976. He has served at the Department of
    State for the Bureau of Administration as an administrative officer,
    1971-1975, and general services officer for building management, 1971.
    He has also served as a consular officer in Paris, France, 1969. He
    entered the Foreign Service in 1968.
        Mr. Baquet graduated from the University of Xavier (B.A., 1963) and
    the Maxwell School of Government at Syracuse University (M.P.A., 1975).
    He was born December 24, 1941, in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Baquet is married
    and currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa.