Nomination of Brunson McKinley To Be United States Ambassador to Haiti

The President today announced his intention to nominate Brunson McKinley, of New Jersey, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, as Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. He succeeds Clayton E. McManaway, Jr.

Mr. McKinley joined the Foreign Service in 1971. His first overseas assignment was as aide to Ambassador Graham Martin in Rome. From 1973 to 1974, he served as assistant to David K.E. Bruce, the Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing. In March 1975 he became deputy principal officer at the U.S. consulate general in Da-nang, Vietnam, and participated in the evacuation of Da-nang and Saigon. Mr. McKinley returned to Washington in May 1975; after 1 year in the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State, he joined the Bureau of European Affairs as officer in charge of relations with Italy. From 1978 to 1981, he was a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in London, and from 1981 to 1983, he was head of the political section at the U.S. mission in Berlin. Since 1983 he has been Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State.

Mr. McKinley received an A.B. in 1962 from the University of Chicago and an M.A. in 1964 from Harvard University, both degrees in classical languages. In 1966 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, was commissioned in Vietnam, and left the service with the rank of captain. He speaks French, German, Italian, Vietnamese, and Chinese. Mr. McKinley is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born February 8, 1943, in Miami, FL.