[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[February 24, 1992]
[Page 301]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Edward Joseph Perkins To Be United States Representative 
to the United Nations

February 24, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward 
Joseph Perkins, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the 
Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council 
of the United Nations. He would succeed Thomas R. Pickering.
    Since 1989 Mr. Perkins has served as Director General of the Foreign 
Service and Director of Personnel at the U.S. Department of State in 
Washington, DC. Prior to this, Mr. Perkins served as U.S. Ambassador to 
the Republic of South Africa, 1986-1989; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic 
of Liberia, 1985-1986; and Director of the Office of West African 
Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of 
State, 1983-1985. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Perkins served as Deputy Chief 
of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. In addition, he 
served as Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, 
Ghana, 1978-1981.
    Mr. Perkins graduated from the University of Maryland (B.A., 1967) 
and the University of Southern California (M.P.A., 1972; D.P.A., 1978). 
He was born June 8, 1928, in Sterlington, LA. Mr. Perkins served in the 
U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps. He is married, has two children, 
and resides in Washington, DC.