Nomination of Wesley William Egan, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau

The President today announced his intention to nominate Wesley William Egan, Jr., of North Carolina, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. He would succeed Peter Jon de Vos, who is being assigned to the Department of State.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service in 1971, Mr. Egan was a teacher of history and English at Tilton School in Tilton, N.H. (1968-1969), and assistant manager of the Gothic Bookshop (Duke University) in Durham, N.C. (1969-1971). From 1972 to 1974, he was consular officer in Durban. In the Department he was operations officer (1974-1975) and special assistant to the Secretary of State (1975-1977). From 1977 to 1979, he was political officer in Lisbon and was Deputy Chief of Mission in Lusaka in 1979-1982.

Mr. Egan graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1968). His foreign languages are Italian and Portuguese. He was born January 21, 1946, in Madison, Wis.