Department of State Nomination of Diego C. Asencio To Be Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs.

The President today announced that he will nominate Diego C. Asencio, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., to be Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. He would replace Barbara M. Watson, who is being appointed to another post. Asencio has been Ambassador to Colombia since 1977 and a Foreign Service officer since 1957.

He was born July 15, 1931, in Nijar, Almeria, Spain. He received a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.

Asencio joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and was posted in Mexico City, Panama, and at the State Department. From 1965 to 1967, he was special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. From 1967 to 1972, he was posted in Lisbon as political officer, then Deputy Chief of Mission.

From 1972 to 1975, Asencio was Counselor for Political Affairs in Brasilia. From 1975 to 1977, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Caracas.