U.S. names new envoy

U.S. names new envoy

COLOGNE, Germany (DPA): Robert Gelbard, the American special envoy for Bosnia, has been named the next U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, the office of U.S. President Bill Clinton announced Friday during the Group of Eight summit meeting in Cologne.

Gelbard, a career diplomat, was named special envoy to Bosnia in 1997. His previous postings included chief of the U.S. State Department's drug enforcement office from 1993-1997, deputy director of Inter-American affairs from 1991-1993, and U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, 1988-1991.