Nomination of Deane Roesch Hinton To Be United States Ambassador to Costa Rica

The President today announced his intention to nominate Deane Roesch Hinton, of Illinois, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the personal rank of Career Ambassador, as Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica. He would succeed Lewis Arthur Tambs.

Mr. Hinton has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1983-1987, and as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, 1981-1983. From 1979 to 1981, he was Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. Prior to this Mr. Hinton was the Representative of the United States of America to the European Communities with rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1976-1979. In 1975 he was named Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. In 1974 Mr. Hinton served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Zaire. From 1971 to 1974, he was Assistant Director, then Deputy Director, on the Council on International Economic Policy at the White House, Washington, DC. He served as Director and Economic Counselor at the Agency for International Development in Santiago, Chile, 1969-1971, and in Guatemala, 1967-1969.

Mr. Hinton graduated from the University of Chicago (A.B., 1943). He served in the United States Army, 1943-1945. Mr. Hinton is articulate in French and Spanish. He was born March 12, 1923, in Fort Missoula, MT. He is married, has 12 children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.