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AKA Robert Dean Nesen

Born:22-Jan-1918
Birthplace:St. Louis, MO
Died:14-Nov-2005
Location of death:Thousand Oaks, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation:Diplomat
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85

Military service: US Navy (1942-46); US Naval Reserve (Lt. Commander, 1946-66)

Nesen opened an Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealership in Thousand Oaks, CA, in 1948, and managed it into the 1970s, when he started receiving government appointments.

FromRonald Reagan's Foreign Service, published in the APF Reporter Vol. 7 #3:

"We are just going to have to recognize that politics in this business is here to stay," says one career [foreign service] officer. "We have to resign ourselves to working under the car salesman from San Diego."

Indeed, Robert Dean Nesen, an old friend ofRonald Reagan's, is our current ambassador to Australia. A confidential State Department assessment of Nesen prepared for his confirmation hearings and obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reads: "Nesen, 63, of Thousand Oaks, California, is currently chairman, R. D. Nesen Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Inc ... His entire background has been in the automobile and aviation business ... his reputation for honesty and as a superb salesman should be useful in his personal dealings with the senior members of the Australian government. Nesen is the prototype of the non-professional envoy..." Quite so.

   US Ambassador to Australia (1981-85)
   US Defense Department Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1972-74)
   US State Department Executive Committee, National Review Board (1970-73)
   Board of Education California State Board of Education