United States Ambassador to Zambia Nomination of Frank George Wisner H.

The President today announced that he will nominate Frank George Wisner II, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Zambia. He would replace Stephen Low, who is being appointed to another post.

Wisner has been Deputy Executive Secretary at the State Department since 1977.

He was born July 2, 1938, in New York City. He received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1961.

Wisner joined the Foreign Service in 1962, and served in Algiers, Saigon, Tunis, Dacca, and at the State Department. He took Arabic language training in Tangier. From 1974 to 1975, he was Director of the Office of Plans Management of the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs. He was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1975 to 1976. Wisner was director of the Office of Southern African Affairs from 1976 to 1977.