Peter Barry Teeley is an American

United States

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 political consultant and diplomat, who served as press secretary

Press secretary

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 to Vice-President George Bush, Sr. from 1980 to 1985 and as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1992 to 1993.

Teeley was born in 1940 in Barrow, England. He was press secretary to Senators

United States Senate

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 Robert P. Griffin

Robert P. Griffin

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 and Jacob Javits prior to joining Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

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's campaign staff in 1976. Following Ford's defeat in that year's presidential election

United States presidential election, 1976

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, he became communications director for the Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee

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, and joined Bush's campaign staff in 1980. He left the White House in 1985 to launch his own consulting firm, but was later appointed as the American representative to the United Nations Children's Fund

United Nations Children's Fund

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 in 1990.

He was appointed Ambassador to Canada in 1992, and served until February 28, 1993, shortly after Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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 succeeded Bush to the presidency. He subsequently joined Amgen

Amgen

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 as its vice-president of government and public relations.

Teeley was diagnosed with cancer

Cancer

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in 1991. He subsequently published a book about his treatment and recovery, The Complete Cancer Survival Guide, in 2000.