[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 19, 1992]
[Page 989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



[[Page 989]]

Nomination of John Stern Wolf To Be United States Ambassador to Malaysia

June 19, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate John Stern 
Wolf, of Maryland, a Minister-Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service, 
to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Malaysia. He would 
succeed Paul Matthews Cleveland.
    Since 1989 Mr. Wolf has served as Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs at the 
Department of State. He has also served at the Department of State as 
executive assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs, 1988-89; and as Office Director of Regional and Multilateral 
Force and Observers Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs, 1987-88. Mr. Wolf has also served as Political Counselor 
at the American Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1984-87; special 
assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology at 
the State Department, 1981-84; and financial economist in the Bureau of 
Economic and Business Affairs, 1979-81.
    Mr. Wolf graduated from Dartmouth College (B.A., 1970) and Princeton 
University Woodrow Wilson School (mid-career fellow, 1978-79). He was 
born September 12, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Wolf is married, has 
two children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.