Robert Pelletreau

U.S. Near Eastern Affairs Diplomats

Loy W. Henderson (1922–1960)
William Stoltzfus (1949–1976)
Joseph J. Sisco (1951–1976)
Hermann Eilts (1947–1979)
Andrew Killgore (1949–1980)
Richard Bordeaux Parker (1949–1981)
Talcott Williams Seelye (1950–1981)
Alfred Atherton (1954–1984)
Nicholas A. Veliotes (1955–1986)
William L. Eagleton (1949–1988)
Richard W. Murphy (1955–1989)
Robert Pelletreau (1962–1996)
Edward Djerejian (1966–1994)
Hume Alexander Horan (1966–1998)
Edward S. Walker, Jr. (1967–2001)
Edward Gnehm (1969–2003)
L. Paul Bremer (1966–1989, 2003-2004)
Martin Indyk (1995–2001)
Daniel C. Kurtzer (1981–2006)
David Welch (1977–2008)
Dennis Ross (1989–1992)
John Negroponte (1962–2009)
Ryan Crocker (1972–present)
Barbara Bodine (1975–present)
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. (1978–present)
Zalmay Khalilzad (1984–present)
William Joseph Burns (1982–present)

James Steinberg (2009–present)

Robert Halsey Pelletreau (born July 9, 1935 in Patchogue, New York) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–80), Tunisia (1987–91), and Egypt (1991–93), as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.[1] He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.

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Early Years

Robert H. Pelletreau was born July 9, 1935 in Patchogue, New York. After graduating from Yale University (B.A., 1957), he served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1957- 1958. Later he attended Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1961).

Career

Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau entered the Foreign Service in 1962. From 1973 to 1975 Ambassador Pelletreau was a Political Officer in Algiers, Algeria; and served in several capacities in Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania and Morocco. He became Deputy Chief of Mission in Damascus, Syria in 1975. He remained in that position until 1978. A year later he became the Ambassador to the State of Bahrain until 1980. He became the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asia at the Pentagon, 1980-1981. He was Country Director for Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Department of State, 1981-1982, and from 1983-1985 the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State. He appeared before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on 26 September 1983 addressing Major U.S. Interests in the Middle East.[2] He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1985-1987. Afterwards, he was Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia from 1987 to 1991. Prior to his most recent position, Ambassador Pelletreau had served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Arab Republic of Egypt on July 31, 1991. Mr. Pelletreau, Jr. was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs on February 18, 1994.[3]

Family

He is married and has three children.[4]

References

  1. ^ "ROBERT H. PELLETREAU, JR.". U.S. Department of State. http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/biographies/pelletreau.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "Major U.S. interests in the Middle East : September 26, 1983.". US Department of State. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d008229320. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Killgore, Andrew I. (January 1989). "Personality: Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.". American Educational Trust. p. 12. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vfo13y6R. 
  4. ^ Rosenthal, Andrew (December 15, 1988). "Robert Pelletreau: Longtime Mideast Figure". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/15/world/robert-pelletreau-longtime-mideast-figure.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Edward Djerejian		 Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
February 18, 1994 – January 24, 1997		 Succeeded by
Martin Indyk
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Wat T. Cluverius IV		 United States Ambassador to Bahrain
1979–1980		 Succeeded by
Peter A. Sutherland
Preceded by
Peter Sebastian		 United States Ambassador to Tunisia
1987–1991		 Succeeded by
John Thomas McCarthy
Preceded by
Frank G. Wisner		 United States Ambassador to Egypt
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Edward S. Walker, Jr.