[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 2, 1992]
[Page 531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Nomination of Lauralee M. Peters To Be United States Ambassador to 
Sierra Leone

April 2, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Lauralee M. 
Peters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone. 
She would succeed Johnny Young.
    Currently Ms. Peters serves as a member of the Senior Seminar of the 
Foreign Service Institute in Washington, DC. Prior to this, she served 
at the U.S. Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 
for Personnel at the Bureau of Personnel, 1989-91; Personnel Counselor 
in the Office of Foreign Service Career Development and Assignments 
Bureau of Personnel, 1988-89; and Director of the Office of Monetary 
Affairs in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 1984-86. From 
1986 to 1988, Ms. Peters served as Economic Counselor for the U.S. 
Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.
    Ms. Peters graduated from the University of Kansas (B.A., 1964). She 
was born January 28, 1943, in Monroe, NC. Ms. Peters is married, has 
four children, and resides in McLean, VA.