[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[April 10, 1991]
[Page 358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of John E. Bennett To Be United States Ambassador to 
Equatorial Guinea
April 10, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate John E. 
Bennett, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Equatorial Guinea. He would succeed Chester E. Norris, Jr.
    Since 1987 Mr. Bennett has served as consul general at the U.S. 
consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. Prior to this Mr. Bennett studied at the 
National Defense University, 1986-1987. In addition, he has served as 
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, 1983-
1986; consul general at the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, 1979-1983; 
and consular officer at the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1978-
1979. Mr. Bennett served as a political analyst at the Department of 
State, 1976-1977; a consular officer at the U.S. consulate in Bremen, 
Germany, 1973-1976; and a consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in 
Madrid, Spain, 1972-1973. He joined the Foreign Service in 1971.
    Mr. Bennett graduated from Harvard University (B.A., 1970). Mr. 
Bennett was born June 4, 1941, in Atlan, British Columbia, Canada. He 
served in the U.S. Army, 1965-1969. Mr. Bennett is married, has two 
children, and resides in Belfair, WA.