[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 19, 1992]
[Pages 987-988]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of William Harrison Courtney To Be United States Ambassador 
to Kazakhstan

June 19, 1992
     The President today announced his intention to nominate William 
Harrison Courtney, of West Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United 
States of America to Kazakhstan. This is a new position.
     Dr. Courtney currently serves as the Charge d'Affaires in 
Kazakhstan. Prior to this he was Deputy United States Negotiator for the 
U.S.-Soviet Defense and Space Talks, United States Mission in Geneva, 
Switzerland. Dr. Courtney was Deputy Executive Secretary for the 
National Security Council, 1987. From 1984 to 1986, he was Special 
Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the 
Department of State, and Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic 
Nuclear Policy in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, 1983-84.
     Dr. Courtney graduated from West Virginia University (B.A., 1966) 
and Brown

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University (Ph.D., 1980). He was born July 18, 1944, in Baltimore, MD. 
He is married and has two children.