THE WHITE HOUSE




                     Office of the Press Secretary




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For Immediate Release                                       May 11, 1994






	 PRESIDENT NAMES FRANK G. WISNER AS AMBASSADOR TO INDIA




	The President today announced his intention to nominate Frank G.

Wisner of the District of Columbia as Ambassador to India.




	"I am pleased to announce Frank to this most important post," the

President said.  "He brings an experienced background and skilled

diplomacy to this important assignment."

 

	Mr. Wisner is presently the Under Secretary of Defense for

Policy.  He has also had posts as Ambassador to the Philippines Under

Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Ambassador to the

Republic of Egypt and Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia.  In addition

he served tours in Morocco, Algeria, VietNam, Tunisia and Bangladesh.




	Mr. Wisner was born on July 2, 1938 in New York.  He graduated

from Princeton University in 1961 and speaks French, Arabic and

Vietnamese.  Mr. Wisner is married to the former Christine de Ganay and

they have four children.


























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