ACCESSION
NUMBER:349160
FILE ID:AEF403
DATE:06/16/94
TITLE:EXPERIENCED AFRICANIST NAMED U.S. ENVOY TO KAMPALA (06/16/94)
TEXT:*94061601.PFA SUB:UGANDA CO:AMB. SOUTHWICK NOMIN.,#JS(FR),CC,HRsp
*AEF403 06/16/94
EXPERIENCED AFRICANIST NAMED U.S. ENVOY TO KAMPALA
(FR) (Southwick has extensive background in Africa) (220)
By John Sedlins
USIA Staff Writer
WASHINGTON -- President Bill Clinton announced June 15 his intention to
nominate E. Michael Southwick to be the new U.S. ambassador to the Republic
of Uganda.
Southwick, a career foreign service officer, currently serves as deputy
chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. During his career, he has
also served as deputy chief of mission at U.S. embassies in Niger and
Burundi.
Other overseas assignments have included tours in Rwanda, Nepal, and
Switzerland.
During tours of duty in Washington, Southwick has held a variety of
positions, most recently as executive director of the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State.
Both the ambassador-designate and Susan, his wife, hold bachelor's degrees
from Stanford University and both speak French.
Southwick was born on January 12, 1945, in Willits, California.
The couple have three children. Edward, the eldest, recently graduated from
California State University at Sacramento; Andrew, the middle child, is a
freshman at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and Katherine,
the youngest, is a high school student in Nairobi.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Southwick will succeed Ambassador Johnny
Carson.
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