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Appointment of James Peter Covey as Senior Director of Near East and South Asian Affairs for the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

December 05, 1984

The President today announced the appointment of James Peter Covey as Senior Director of Near East and South Asian Affairs for the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

Following service as interpreter/translator in the U.S. Army Security Agency in Berlin (1965-1969) and as a secondary school teacher in Kampala, Uganda (1970-1971), Mr. Covey entered the Foreign Service in 1971. Since then he has served as consular officer in Pretoria (1972-1974); watch officer in the State Department's Operations Center (1974-1975); special assistant to the Secretary of State (1975-1977); a fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University (1977-1978); political officer for the State Department's Office of Israeli and Arab-Israeli Affairs (1978-1980); delegate to the Egyptian-Israeli-U.S. peace talks (1979-1980); deputy principal officer in Jerusalem (1980-1983); member of the Habib mission in Beirut (1982); and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State (1983 to present).

Mr. Covey graduated from St. Lawrence University (B.A., 1965). He is married to Christine Ramsay Covey. They have two children and reside in Washington, DC. He was born March 7, 1944.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of James Peter Covey as Senior Director of Near East and South Asian Affairs for the National Security Council and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261139

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