Nomination of Walter Leon Cutler To Be United States Ambassador to Tunisia

The President today announced his intention to nominate Walter Leon Cutler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia. He would succeed Stephen Warren Bosworth.

Mr. Cutler served in the United States Army in 1954-56, prior to entering the Foreign Service. He was consular officer in Yaounde in 1957-59. In the Department, he was foreign affairs officer in the Executive Secretariat (1959-61) and Staff Assistant to the Secretary of State (1961-62). He was political officer in Algiers (1962-65), principal officer in Tabriz (1965-67), political officer in Seoul (1967-69), and in Saigon (1969-71). In 1971-73 he was international relations officer in the Department. He attended the Senior Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute in 1973-74. He was country director of Central African Affairs in the Department in 1974-75 and served as Ambassador to the Republic of Zaire in 1975-79. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations in 1979-81.

Mr. Cutler graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1953) and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A., 1954). He is married, has three children, and resides in Chevy Chase, Md. He was born November 25, 1931, in Boston, Mass.