[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 17, 1992]
[Pages 964-965]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Richard Monroe Miles To Be United States Ambassador to 
Azerbaijan

June 17, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard 
Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador of the United States 
of America to the Republic of Azerbaijan. This is a new position.
    Since 1991, Mr. Miles has served as Principal Officer at the U.S. 
Embassy Office in Berlin. From 1988 to 1991, he served as Consul General 
in Leningrad. He was a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at 
Harvard University, 1987-88. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Miles served as 
Counselor

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for Political Affairs at the American Embassy in Belgrade. From 1983 to 
1984, he served as an assistant to Senator Ernest Hollings on an 
American Political Science Association fellowship. He has also served at 
the Department of State as Deputy Director and as Acting Director of the 
Office of Regional Security Affairs in the Bureau of Politico-Military 
Affairs, 1981-83; and as Yugoslav Desk Officer in the Office of East 
European Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, 1979-81.
    Mr. Miles graduated from Bakersfield College (A.A., 1960); the 
University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1962); and Indiana 
University (M.A., 1964). He was born January 8, 1937, in Little Rock, 
AR. Mr. Miles is married, has two children, and currently resides in 
Berlin.