Bush names new Barbados envoy

Ms. Mary Kramer

Thursday, October 2, 2003

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The President of the Iowa State Senate has been named as the new U.S. ambassador to Barbados. Ms. Mary Kramer, a moderate Republican with close ties to the Bush family, will be based in Barbados but also serve as ambassador of St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Associated Press reported.

Her nomination will now have to be confirmed by the United States Senate. 

Ms. Kramer was reportedly an early supporter of President Bush, during his bid for the White House. She also served as vice president of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and corporate personnel director for Younkers Inc., and was previously appointed by the President to serve as chairman of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.

A former teacher and school administrator from Des Moines, Kramer earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa.

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