[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 4, 1992]
[Page 1303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Roland Karl Kuchel To Be United States Ambassador to Haiti
August 4, 1992

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Roland Karl 
Kuchel, of Florida, 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 Haiti. He would succeed Alvin P. Adams, Jr.
    Mr. Kuchel currently serves as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
the Bureau of Personnel at the Department of State. Prior to this, he 
served in several positions at the State Department including Chief of 
the Senior Officer Division in the Office of Career Development and 
Assignments, Bureau of Personnel, 1990-91; Deputy Chief of Mission at 
the American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, 1986-90; Deputy Director and 
then Director of the Office of East European and Yugoslav Affairs, 1983-
86; Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Budapest, 
Hungary, 1980-83; and Deputy Chief of the Political Section at the 
American Embassy in Rome, Italy, 1976-80.
    Mr. Kuchel graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1961). He was 
born March 5, 1939, in Salem, MA. Mr. Kuchel is married, has three 
children, and resides in Washington, DC.