[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[June 28, 1991]
[Page 734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Robert Michael Kimmitt To Be United States Ambassador to 
Germany
June 28, 1991

    The President has nominated Robert Michael Kimmitt, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to 
the Federal Republic of Germany. He would succeed Vernon A. Walters.
    Since 1989 Mr. Kimmitt has served as Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, DC. Prior to 
this he served as a partner with the law firm of Sidley & Austin, 1987-
1989; General Counsel at the Department of the Treasury, 1985-1987; 
Executive Secretary and General Counsel of the National Security 
Council, 1983-1985; and a senior staff member of the National Security 
Council, 1982-1983.
    Mr. Kimmitt graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point 
(B.S., 1969) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1977). He was 
born December 19, 1947, in Logan, UT. Mr. Kimmitt served in the U.S. 
Army, 1969-1982; and in the Army Reserve, 1982-present. He is married, 
has five children, and resides in Arlington, VA.