ACCESSION NUMBER:282589
FILE ID:NEA406
DATE:05/06/93
TITLE:RAPHEL NAMED STATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH ASIA (05/06/93)
TEXT:*93050606.NEA raphel appointment/sa sec. # yb kf
*NEA406 05/06/93 *
1APHEL NAMED STATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH ASIA
(Text: White House announcement, 5/5/93) (320)
Following is the text of an announcement released by the White House May
5, naming Robin Raphel as President Clinton's choice to be Assistant
Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs:
(BEGIN TEXT)
Washington -- President Clinton announced his intention today to nominate
Robin Lynn Raphel to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian
Affairs. Raphel is a career member of the Foreign Service.
"I am very glad that Robin Raphel has agreed to serve as Assistant Secretary
for South Asian Affairs," said the President. "Having lived in the region
as a diplomat and as a visiting teacher, she brings a tremendous
understanding to the post."
Raphel, who is currently Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy
in India, joined the Foreign Service in the mid-1970s as a USAID
economic/financial analyst in Pakistan. She has also served as a political
officer in London covering Middle East, South Asia, Africa and East Asian
Affairs and as Counselor for Political Affairs in South Africa. In
addition, she has worked at the State Department as an economist in the
Office of Investment Affairs, economic officer on the Israel Desk, Staff
Aide for the Assistant Secretary for the Near East South Asia Bureau, and
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
Before joining the Foreign Service, Raphel worked as an economic analyst at
the Central Intelligence Agency. She also worked as a teacher at a women's
college in Tehran, Iran, during a break in her graduate studies.
Raphel is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds an M.A.
degree from the University of Maryland. She also studied in England at
Cambridge University and the University of London. She and her husband,
Leonard Ashton, have two young daughters.
(END TEXT)
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