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Nomination of Kenneth L. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Ghana

June 04, 1992

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth L. Brown, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Ghana. He would succeed Raymond Charles Ewing.

Currently Mr. Brown serves as Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. Mr. Brown has served as consul general in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1984 - 87, and as Ambassador to the Congo, 1981 - 84. In addition, Mr. Brown has served in several positions at the State Department, including Director, Central African Affairs, 1980 - 81; Deputy Director, United Nations Political Affairs, 1979 - 80; and Deputy Director of the Press Office, 1977 - 79.

Mr. Brown graduated from Pomona College (B.A., 1959), Yale University (M.A., 1960), and New York University (M.A., 1975). He was born December 6, 1936, in Seminole, OK. Mr. Brown is married, has three children, and resides in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

George Bush, Nomination of Kenneth L. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Ghana Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/268250

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