For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 1, 2003
Personnel Announcement
December 1, 2003
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
one individual to serve in his administration:
The President intends to nominate M. Teel Bivins, of Texas, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to Sweden. Senator Bivins has served as a member of the Texas
State Senate since 1989. He currently serves as chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee and holds positions on the International Relations
and Trade Committee, Jurisprudence Committee, and Government
Organization Committee. In 1997 and in 2003, Senator Bivins was
recognized as one of the "Ten Best Legislators" by Texas Monthly
Magazine, and in 1999 he was named one of the most influential
lawmakers in Austin by the Dallas Morning News. Before being elected
to serve in public office, he worked as a businessman and cattleman in
his home state of Texas. Senator Bivins graduated from Tulane
University and earned his law degree from Southern Methodist
University.
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