[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 9, 1992]
[Page 913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Frank G. Wisner To Be an Under Secretary of State

June 9, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank G. 
Wisner, of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Coordinating Security Assistance Programs. He would succeed 
Reginald Bartholomew.
    From 1991 to the present, Ambassador Wisner has served as Ambassador 
to the Philippines in Manila. Prior to this he was Ambassador to the 
Arab Republic of Egypt, 1986-91. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
State for African Affairs, 1982-86; and Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia, 1979-82. He has also served in several positions at the 
Department of State: Deputy Executive Secretary, 1977-79; Director of 
the Office of Southern African Affairs, 1976-77; and Special Assistant 
to the Under Secretary, 1975-76.
    Ambassador Wisner graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1961). 
He was born July 2, 1938, in New York, NY. Ambassador Wisner is married, 
has four children, and resides in Manila, Philippines.