[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[April 18, 1991]
[Pages 391-392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Mary Ann Casey To Be United States Ambassador to Algeria
April 18, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary Ann 
Casey, of Colorado, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class 
of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Democratic and Popular Republic of 
Algeria. She would succeed Christopher W.S. Ross.
    Since 1989 Ms. Casey has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Regional Analysis for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the 
Department of State in Washington, DC. Prior to this Ms. Casey served at 
the Department of State as Director of North African Affairs, 1987-1989; 
studied at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, 1986-1987; and 
served as Deputy Director of the Office for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and 
Iraq at the Department of State, 1984-1986. From 1981 to 1984, Ms. Casey 
served as political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. Ms. 
Casey has served at the State Department in several capacities 
including: country officer for Iraq, 1978-1980; staff assistant for 
policy planning, 1977-1978; and watch officer in the Operations Center, 
1976-1977. In addition, Ms. Casey served as consul and political officer 
at the U.S. Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, 1974-1976.
    Ms. Casey graduated from the University

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of Colorado (B.A., 1970). She was born November 11, 1949, in Boulder, 
CO. Ms. Casey resides in Falls Church, VA.