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Nomination of Ernest Henry Preeg To Be United States Ambassador to Haiti

May 22, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Ernest Henry Preeg, of Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Haiti. He would succeed Henry L. Kimelman, who has resigned.

Mr. Preeg was a Merchant Marine officer with the American Export Lines of Hoboken, N.J., in 1956-61, and lecturer in economics at Brooklyn College in 1962-63.

He entered the Foreign Service in 1963 as international economist in the Department of State. In 1968-69 he was economic officer in London. He was international relations officer in the Department in 1969-72 and attended economic studies at the National Planning Association in 1972-73. In the Department, he was Director of the Office of OECD, European Community and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs (1973-76), and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development (1976-77). In 1977 he was on detail to the White House as Executive Director of the Economic Policy Group. In 1977-80 he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Lima. Since 1980 he has been senior adviser on Jamaica.

Mr. Preeg was born July 5, 1934, in Englewood, N.J. He received his B.S. (1956) from New York State Maritime College; M.A. (1961) and Ph.D. (1964) from the New School for Social Research. He is married to the former Florence Tate and has one daughter.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Ernest Henry Preeg To Be United States Ambassador to Haiti Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246348

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