Nomination of Alan L. Keyes To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate Alan L. Keyes to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs). He would succeed Gregory J. Newell.

Since 1983 Ambassador Keyes has been serving as U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. He was a teaching fellow at Harvard University in 1974-1978. In 1978 he was TV-radio news secretary with the Bell for Senate Committee in New Jersey and that same year entered the Foreign Service. In 1979-1980 he was consular officer in Bombay. In the Department he was Zimbabwe desk officer in 1980-1981 and a member of the policy planning staff in 1981-1983. In 1983 he resigned from the Foreign Service.

He received his B.A. (1972) from Harvard College and his Ph.D. (1979) from Harvard University. His foreign languages are French, Spanish, and Italian. He is married, has one child, and resides in Guttenberg, NJ. He was born August 7, 1950, in New York City.