The President today announced his intention to nominate David Joseph Fischer, of Texas, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles. He would succeed William Caldwell Harrop.
Mr. Fischer entered the Foreign Service in 1961 as visa officer in Frankfurt, and was consular officer, then cultural affairs officer in Warsaw, in 1964-1968. He was foreign affairs political analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in the Department in 1968-1970, and was on detail to the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as International Relations Officer in 1970-1972. He was political officer in Sofia (1972-1974), and in Kathmandu (1974-1977). In the Department, he was political-military affairs officer (1977-1979), and Director of the Office of Public Programs (1978-1979). Since 1979 he has been Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam.
He graduated from Brown University (B.A., 1960) and attended Harvard University Law School. His foreign languages are German, Polish, and Bulgarian. He was born February 18, 1939.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of David Joseph Fischer To Be United States Ambassador to Seychelles Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246705