[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.