Nomination of George E. Moose To Be United States Ambassador to Benin

The President today announced his intention to nominate George E. Moose, of Maryland, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Benin. He would succeed James B. Engle.

Mr. Moose served as an intern with the Department of State in Mexico City in 1966-1967. He was area development officer on detail to the Agency for International Development in Vietnam in 1967-1970 and was political officer in DaNang, Vietnam, in 1970-1971. In 1971-1972 he was personnel officer, Board of Examiners, for the Foreign Service in the Department and political officer in Bridgetown in 1972-1974. In the Department he was foreign affairs analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1974-1976), international relations officer (1976-1977), Deputy Director (1978-1979) in the Office of Southern African Affairs, and special assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1977-1978). He was foreign affairs fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City in 1979-1980. In 1980-1983 he was Deputy Counselor for Political and Security Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York City.

Mr. Moose received his B.A. degree in 1966 from Grinnell College and attended Syracuse University in 1966-1967. His foreign languages are Vietnamese and some knowledge of French and Spanish. He was born June 23, 1944, in New York, N.Y.