[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[March 13, 1991]
[Pages 253-254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Raymond G.H. Seitz To Be United States Ambassador to the 
United Kingdom
March 13, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Raymond G.H. 
Seitz, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He would 
succeed Henry E. Catto.
    Since 1989, Mr. Seitz has served as Assistant 
Secretary of State for European and Ca- nadian Affairs at 
the Department of State in Washington, DC. From 1984 to 1989, Mr. 
Seitz served as Minister at the U.S. Embassy in London, England. Prior 
to this, he served at the Department of State as: Executive Assistant to 
the Secretary of State, 1982-1984; Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs, 1981-1982; and Deputy Executive Secretary, 1979-1981. In 
addition, Mr. Seitz has served as a political officer at the U.S. 
Embassy in London. From 1972 to 1975, Mr. Seitz served with the State 
Department in Washington, DC, as staff officer and director of the 
secretariat staff, and special assistant to the Director General of the 
Foreign Service. Mr. Seitz has also

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served as principal officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bukavu, Zaire, 1970-
1972; political officer in Nairobi, Kenya, and vice consul to the 
Seychelles, 1968-1970; and as consular officer in Montreal, Canada, 
1966-1968. Mr. Seitz joined the Foreign Service in 1966.
    Mr. Seitz graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1963). He was born 
December 8, 1940, in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Seitz is married, has three 
children, and resides in Washington, DC.