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Nomination of Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., To Be an Under Secretary of State

January 29, 1981

The President announced today his intention to nominate Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

Since 1976 Mr. Stoessel has served as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1974 to 1976, he served as Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. From 1972 to 1974, Mr. Stoessel was Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. He was Ambassador to Poland from 1968 to 1972.

From 1965 to 1968, Mr. Stoessel was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow from 1963 to 1965. He was a political officer in Paris from 1961 to 1963. From 1942 to 1961, Mr. Stoessel held a variety of diplomatic positions in Caracas, Moscow, Bad Nauheim, and Paris.

Mr. Stoessel is a graduate of Stanford University (1941). He is 60 years old.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., To Be an Under Secretary of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246976

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