Nomination of Morton I. Abramowitz To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate Morton I. Abramowitz to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research). This is a new position.

Mr. Abramowitz is Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the Department of State. Previously he was United States Ambassador to the Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks in 1981-1982. He joined the Foreign Service in 1960 as an economic officer specializing in Chinese affairs. During his career in the Foreign Service, he has progressed to the rank of Career Minister. He was Ambassador to Thailand in 1978-1981; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs, on detail from the Foreign Service, in 1974-1978; political adviser to CINC-PAC in 1973-1974; foreign affairs analyst at the State Department in 1971-1973; special assistant in the office of the Deputy Secretary of State in 1969-1971; international economist at the State Department in 1966-1968; political officer, Hong Kong, in 1963-1966; and consular-economic officer in Taipei in 1960-1962. He served with the International Cooperation Administration in 1958-1960.

He graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1953) and Harvard University (M.A., 1955). He served in the U.S. Army in 1957. He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born January 20, 1933, in Lakewood, NJ.