Nomination of Jay P. Moffat To Be United States Ambassador to Chad

The President today announced his intention to nominate Jay P. Moffat, of New Hampshire, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad. The Embassy in N'Djamena was reopened in January 1982.

Mr. Moffat served in the United States Army in 1953-1956. In 1956 he entered the Foreign Service as intelligence research officer in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He was consular officer in Kobe-Osaka (1958-1960) and political officer in Paris (1961-1965). In the Department he was officer in charge of Benelux affairs, Bureau of European Affairs (1965-1968), and staff assistant to the Secretary of State (1968-1969). He was political officer in Bern (1969-1970), Deputy Chief of Mission in Port of Spain (1971-1974), and attended the NATO Defense College in Rome (1974). In 1974-1976 he was Deputy Executive Secretary in the Department. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Rabat in 1976-1980 and attended the Executive Seminar in National and International Affairs at the Foreign Service Institute in 1980-1981. Since 1982 he has been charge' d'affaires in N'Djamena.

Mr. Moffat graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1953). His foreign languages are French, German, and Russian. He was born January 17, 1932, in New York, N.Y.