[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 6, 1992]
[Page 712]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Robert E. Gribbin III To Be United States Ambassador to 
the Central African Republic

May 6, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert E. 
Gribbin III, of Alabama, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States to the Central 
African Republic. He would succeed Daniel Howard Simpson.
    Currently Mr. Gribbin is a participant in the Senior Seminar at the 
U.S. Department of State. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief of 
Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, 1988-91; Deputy Director 
of the Office of East African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, 
1985-88; and a Congressional Fellow for Representative Stephen Solarz, 
1984-85. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Gribbin served as a Principal Officer in 
the United States Consulate in Mombasa, Kenya.
    Mr. Gribbin graduated from the University of the South (B.A., 1968) 
and School of Advanced International Studies (M.A., 1973). He was born 
February 5, 1946, in Durham, NC. Mr. Gribbin is married, has two 
children, and resides in Springfield, VA.