Nomination of Harry W. Shlaudeman To Be United States Ambassador to Brazil

The President today announced his intention to nominate Harry W. Shlaudeman, of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, as Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. He succeeds Diego C. Asencio.

Ambassador Shlaudeman in the early 1950's was a real estate salesman and property manager with Hare, Brewer & Kelly in Palo Alto; a trainee at Union Bank of Pasadena; and a credit manager at Richfield Oil Co. in Los Angeles. He entered the Foreign Service in 1954 and served as vice consul at Barranquilla, Colombia, 1955-1956. He then went to Bogota, Colombia, as political officer in 1956-1958. From there he returned to Washington to attend the Foreign Service Institute studying Bulgarian and area training. From there, in 1960, he went to Sofia, Bulgaria, as consul. In 1964 he became political officer in Santo Domingo, returning to Washington in 1964 as the Dominican desk officer. From 1965 to 1966, Ambassador Shlaudeman was Assistant Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, and adviser to Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker during his mission to the Dominican Republic. Ambassador Shlaudeman was Special Assistant to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1967-1969. He was deputy chief of mission in Santiago, Chile, in 1969. In 1973 he returned to Washington as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. He was named U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela in 1976. He then became Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs until 1977 when he became U.S. Ambassador to Peru. He served in Lima until 1980 when he became U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. From 1983 to 1984, he was Executive Director of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, and in 1984 he was Ambassador at Large and the President's Special Envoy for Central America.

Ambassador Shlaudeman received his B.A. in 1952 from Stanford University and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. Ambassador Shlaudeman is fluent in Spanish and Bulgarian. He received the Distinguished Honor Award in 1966 and the Presidential Meritorious Service Award in 1983. Ambassador Shlaudeman is married to the former Carol Jean Dickey, and they have three children. He was born May 17, 1926, in Los Angeles, CA.