[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 20, 1992]
[Pages 617-618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Dennis P. Barrett To Be United States Ambassador to 
Madagascar

April 20, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Dennis P. 
Barrett, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of 
Madagascar. He would succeed Howard K. Walker.
    Since 1988, Mr. Barrett has served as Mission Director with the U.S. 
Agency for International Development in Pretoria, South Africa. Prior to 
this, he served with the U.S. Department of State with the Agency for 
International Development in the Bureau for Africa, 1988; Asia Liaison 
for the Bureau of External Affairs, 1984-87; and Office Director for 
East Asian Affairs, 1982-84.
    Mr. Barrett graduated from the University of Portland (B.A., 1959) 
and the University of Southern California (M.P.A., 1966). He

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was born July 21, 1936, in St. Paul, MN. Mr. Barrett is married, has two 
children, and resides in Pretoria, South Africa.