ACCESSION NUMBER:282589

FILE ID:NEA406

DATE:05/06/93

TITLE:RAPHEL NAMED STATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH ASIA (05/06/93)

TEXT:*93050606.NEA raphel appointment/sa sec. # yb kf

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1APHEL NAMED STATE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH ASIA

(Text:  White House announcement, 5/5/93)  (320)

Following is the text of an announcement released by the White House May

5, naming Robin Raphel as President Clinton's choice to be Assistant

Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs:



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Washington -- President Clinton announced his intention today to nominate

Robin Lynn Raphel to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian

Affairs.  Raphel is a career member of the Foreign Service.



"I am very glad that Robin Raphel has agreed to serve as Assistant Secretary

for South Asian Affairs," said the President.  "Having lived in the region

as a diplomat and as a visiting teacher, she brings a tremendous

understanding to the post."



Raphel, who is currently Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy

in India, joined the Foreign Service in the mid-1970s as a USAID

economic/financial analyst in Pakistan.  She has also served as a political

officer in London covering Middle East, South Asia, Africa and East Asian

Affairs and as Counselor for Political Affairs in South Africa.  In

addition, she has worked at the State Department as an economist in the

Office of Investment Affairs, economic officer on the Israel Desk, Staff

Aide for the Assistant Secretary for the Near East South Asia Bureau, and

Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs.



Before joining the Foreign Service, Raphel worked as an economic analyst at

the Central Intelligence Agency.  She also worked as a teacher at a women's

college in Tehran, Iran, during a break in her graduate studies.



Raphel is a graduate of the University of Washington and holds an M.A.

degree from the University of Maryland.  She also studied in England at

Cambridge University and the University of London.  She and her husband,

Leonard Ashton, have two young daughters.



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