[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[May 9, 1991]
[Page 495]
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Nomination of Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador 
to Egypt
May 9, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert H. 
Pelletreau, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt. He would succeed Frank G. 
Wisner.
    Since 1987 Ambassador Pelletreau has served as Ambassador to the 
Republic of Tunisia. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, 1985-1987. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near 
Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State, 1983-1985; 
Country Director for Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Department of 
State, 1981-1982; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East 
and South Asia at the Pentagon, 1980-1981. In addition, he was 
Ambassador to the State of Bahrain, 1979-1980, and Deputy Chief of 
Mission in Damascus, Syria, 1975-1978. Ambassador Pelletreau was a 
political officer in Algiers, Algeria, 1973-1975, and served in several 
capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, and Morocco. Ambassador 
Pelletreau entered the Foreign Service in 1962.
    Ambassador Pelletreau graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1957) 
and Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1961). He was born July 9, 1935, in 
Patchogue, NY. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, 1957-1958. He is 
married and has three children.