United States Ambassador to Tunisia Nomination of Stephen W. Bosworth.

The President today announced that he will nominate Stephen W. Bosworth, of Jenison, Mich., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Tunisia. He would replace Edward W. Mulcahy, resigned.

Bosworth was born December 4, 1939, in Grand Rapids. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1961 and joined the Foreign Service that year. He was posted in Panama, Colon, and Madrid, and was assistant to the U.S. Special Representative for Panama Canal Negotiations from 1964 to 1967.

From 1974 to 1976, Bosworth was Director of the Office of Fuels and Energy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, at the State Department. Since 1976 he has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Resources and Food Policy.