[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 28, 1992]
[Page 840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Nomination of Henry Lee Clarke To Be United States Ambassador to 
Uzbekistan

May 28, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Henry Lee 
Clarke, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
    Since 1989, Mr. Clarke has served as Economic Counselor of the 
American Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to this, he served as Deputy 
Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, 1985-89; 
and Economic Counselor at the American Embassy in Moscow, U.S.S.R., 
1982-85. From 1980 to 1981, Mr. Clarke served as Officer-in-Charge of 
Trade and Industrial Policy in the Office of European Regional 
Political-Economic Affairs for the U.S. Department of State.
    Mr. Clarke graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., 1962) and Harvard 
University (M.P.A., 1967). He was born November 15, 1941, in Fort 
Benning, GA. Mr. Clarke served in the U.S. Army, 1962-65. He is married, 
has two children, and resides in Turlock, CA.