For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 11, 2001
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
Franklin L. Lavin to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore.
"Frank Lavin has extensive experience advancing U.S. economic interests
in Asia. He will be an excellent representative of the United States as
Ambassador to Singapore," said the President.
Lavin served as Principal for Bank of America from 1999 to 2000 acting
as co-manager of the Bank's Multi-National Corporate Group for
Southeast Asia and Australia. From 1996 to 1999, he served
as Vice President of Citibank, Global Corporate Banking, and served as
Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Policy Center from 1994 to
1996. Lavin served at the Department of Commerce under
former President Bush as Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and
the Pacific. He served in the Reagan Administration in a
variety of positions including Deputy Executive Secretary of the
National Security Council and Director of Private and Voluntary
Organizations at the U.S. Agency for International
Development. He is a graduate of Georgetown University,
completed graduate studies at the National Taiwan Normal University in
Taipei, holds Master's degrees from Georgetown University and the Johns
Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and received a M.B.A.
from Wharton Business School.
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