Nomination of Aurelia Erskine Brazeal To Be United States Ambassador to Micronesia

The President today announced his intention to nominate Aurelia Erskine Brazeal, of Georgia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federated States of Micronesia.

Since 1987 Ms. Brazeal has served as Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs for the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Prior to this, she served as a member of the Senior Seminar, 1986 - 1987; Deputy Director for Economics at the Department of State, 1984 - 1986; in the Economic Bureau of the Office of Development Finance at the Department of State, 1982 - 1984; economic officer in Tokyo, 1979 - 1982; review officer for the Treasury Department Secretariat, 1977 - 1979; Uruguay/Paraguay desk officer, 1974 - 1977; and watch officer and line officer for the Secretariat staff at the Department of State, 1973 - 1974. In addition, she has served as an economic reports officer in the Economic Bureau at the Department of State, 1971 - 1972; and a consular and economic officer for the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires, 1969 - 1971. Ms. Brazeal entered the Foreign Service in 1968.

Ms. Brazeal graduated from Spelman College (B.A., 1965) and Columbia University (M.I.A., 1967). She was born November 24, 1943, in Chicago, IL.