Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to Alan H. Flanigan While Serving as United States Special Negotiator for Defense Negotiations With Greece

The President today accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Alan H. Flanigan in his capacity as United States Special Negotiator for United States-Greek Defense Negotiations.

Mr. Flanigan is currently United States Special Negotiator for United States-Greek Defense Negotiations at the Department of State in Washington, DC. He entered the Foreign Service in 1966 after serving 6 years as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. His first assignment as a junior officer was to the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. In 1969 he returned to the Department as desk officer for Peru where he served until 1971 when he became special assistant to the Counselor of the Department. Mr. Flanigan was political officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Izmir, Turkey, 1973-1975, and at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, 1975-1978. He was then assigned as officer in charge of Turkish Affairs in the Department, 1979-1981; and Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, 1981-1983. From 1983 to 1987, he served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.

Mr. Flanigan graduated from Tufts University (B.A., 1960). He was born July 8, 1938, in Columbus, IN. He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, VA.