[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 14, 1992]
[Page 248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Marc Allen Baas To Be United States Ambassador to Ethiopia

February 14, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Marc Allen 
Baas, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class 
of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ethiopia. He would 
succeed Frederick L. Chapin.
    Currently Mr. Baas serves as Charge d'Affaires for the U.S. Embassy 
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief of 
Mission in the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, 1987-1991; Deputy Chief 
of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lome, Togo, 1985-1987; and a student 
at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, 1984-1985. From 1980 to 1984, 
Mr. Baas served as Deputy Economic Counselor and Resource Officer at the 
U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
    Mr. Baas graduated from American University (B.A., 1970). He was 
born June 23, 1948, in Grand Rapids, MI. Mr. Baas served in the District 
of Columbia National Guard, 1970. He is married and resides in 
Washington, DC.