Nomination of Diego C. Asencio To Be United States Ambassador to Brazil

The President today announced his intention to nominate Diego C. Asencio, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador to Brazil. He would succeed Langhorne A. Motley.

Mr. Asencio was an underwriter with Prudential Insurance Co. in Newark, N.J., in 1953-1955 and served in the United States Army in 1955-1957. He entered the Foreign Service in 1957 as intelligence research analyst in the Department. He was consular officer in Mexico City (1959-1962) and political officer in Panama (1962-1964). In the Department he was Panama desk officer (1964-1965) and Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1965-1967). He was political officer, then deputy chief of mission in Lisbon (1967-1972), counselor for political affairs in Brasilia (1972-1975), and Deputy Chief of Mission in Caracas (1975-1977). He was Ambassador to Colombia in 1977-1980. Since 1980 he has been Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.

Mr. Asencio received his B.S.F.S. in 1952 from Georgetown University. His foreign languages are Spanish and Portuguese. He was born July 15, 1931, in Nijar, Almeria, Spain.