[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 10, 1992]
[Page 1331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Harry J. Gilmore To Be United States Ambassador to Armenia
August 10, 1992

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Harry J. 
Gilmore, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States to 
the Republic of Armenia.
    Mr. Gilmore currently serves as Deputy Commandant for International 
Affairs at the U.S. Army War College. Prior to this, he served in 
several positions at the Department of State including principal officer 
at the U.S. Embassy Office in Berlin, 1990-91; U.S. Minister and Deputy 
Commandant at the U.S. Mission in Berlin, 1987-90; Deputy in the Office 
of Central European Affairs at the State Department; Deputy Chief of 
Mission at the American Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1981-85; Deputy 
Director for Eastern European and Yugoslav Affairs at the State 
Department; political officer and deputy principal officer at the 
American consulate general in Munich, 1975-78; and country officer for 
Yugoslavia at the Bureau of European Affairs at the Department of State, 
1973-75.
    Mr. Gilmore graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 
1960). He was born November 16, 1937, in McKeesport, PA. He is married, 
has three children, and resides in Carlisle, PA.