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RICHARD HOLBROOKE:
BIO (MaximsNews.com)
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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com/
- 2006 -- Amb.
Richard C. Holbrooke
(former US ambassador to
the UN) is a Contributor
to MaximsNews
Network and is
Vice Chairman of
Perseus, a leading
private equity firm.
He
most recently served as
the United States
Ambassador to the United
Nations, where he was
also a member of
President Clinton’s
cabinet (1999-2001).
As
Assistant Secretary of
State for Europe
(1994-1996), he was the
chief architect of the
1995 Dayton peace
agreement that ended the
war in Bosnia.
He later served
as President Clinton’s
Special Envoy to Bosnia
and Kosovo and Special
Envoy to Cyprus on a
pro-bono basis while a
private citizen.
From 1993-1994,
he was the US.
Ambassador to Germany.
During
the Carter
Administration
(1977-1981), he served
as the Assistant
Secretary of State for
East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, and was in
charge of U.S. relations
with China at the time
Sino-American relations
were normalized in
December, 1978.
After
joining the Foreign
Service in 1962, he
served in Vietnam
(1963-66), including a
tour of duty in the
Mekong Delta for AID. He
worked on Vietnam at the
Johnson White House
(1966-68), wrote one
volume of the Pentagon
Papers, and was a member
of the American
delegation to the
Vietnam Peace Talks in
Paris (1968-69).
He
was Peace Corps Director
in Morocco (1970-72),
Managing Editor of Foreign
Policy (1972-77),
and held senior
positions at two leading
Wall Street firms,
Credit Suisse First
Boston (Vice Chairman)
and Lehman Brothers
(Managing Director).
He has written
numerous articles and
two best-selling books: To
End a War, a memoir
of the Dayton
negotiations, and
co-author of Counsel
to the President,
Clark Clifford’s
memoir.
He
has received twenty
honorary degrees and
numerous awards,
including several Nobel
Peace Prize nominations.
He is the Founding
Chairman of the American
Academy in Berlin, a
center for U.S.-German
cultural exchange;
President and CEO of the
Global Business
Coalition, the business
alliance against
HIV/AIDS; and Chairman
of the Asia Society.
Corporate
board memberships:
American International
Group and Quebecor
World. NGO board
memberships include the
American Museum of
Natural History, the
National Endowment for
Democracy, The
Africa-America
Institute, the Citizens
Committee for New York
City, the Council on
Foreign Relations, and
Refugees International.
He is on the
Advisory Board of USA
for UNHCR, and he is a
Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
MaximsNews
Columns by Ambassador
Holbrooke
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RUMSFELD
& THE MILITARY
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AFGHANISTAN
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NEXT
STEP FOR NATO
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ELECTION of the NEXT
UNITED NATIONS
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