Nomination of Michael A. Samuels To Be a Deputy United States Trade Representative

The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael A. Samuels, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassador. He would succeed Peter Otto Murphy.

Dr. Samuels is currently vice president, international division, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1981 to the present; and he has also been serving as vice chairman and executive director at the Center for International Private Enterprise, 1978 to the present. He was executive director of the Third World Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University in 1977-1981. Dr. Samuels served as U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone in 1975-1977; as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State in 1973-1974; and as legislative management officer at the Department of State in 1970-1973. He was a teacher and supervisor with the Peace Corps in Nigeria in 1962-1964.

Dr. Samuels graduated from Yale University (A.B., 1961) and Teachers College at Columbia University (M.A., 1962; Ph.D., 1965). He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC. Dr. Samuels was born April 4, 1939, in Youngstown, OH.