Nomination of Stephen Warren Bosworth To Be United States Ambassador to the Philippines

The President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen Warren Bosworth, of Michigan, as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines. He would succeed Michael Hayden Armacost.

Mr. Bosworth entered the Foreign Service in 1961 and was principal officer in Panama from 1962 to 1964. He was Panama desk officer in the Department (1964-1967), economic officer in Madrid (1967-1971), and chief of the economic policy unit in Paris (1971-1973). From 1973 to 1974, he was an international economist at the Continental Illinois Bank under the auspices of the White House Executive Interchange Program. In the Department, he was Director of the Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (1974-1976); and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy, Raw Materials and Food Policy (1976-1979). He was Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia from 1979 to 1981. In the Department he was Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs from July 1981 to December 1982. Since December 1982 he has been chairman of the Policy Planning Council.

Mr. Bosworth received his A.B. in 1961 from Dartmouth College. He attended George Washington University from 1965 to 1967. His foreign languages are Spanish and French. He was born December 4, 1939, in Grand Rapids, MI.