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RICHARD HOLBROOKE: BIO & Columns
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Richard Holbrooke is a Columnist for MaximsNews.com,
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The
Honorable Richard C. Holbrooke
Former
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Vice
Chairman, Perseus LLC
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RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE 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.
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