Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger ( Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger , August 1, 1930 , Milwaukee - June 4, 2011 , Charlottesville [2] ) is an American statesman and diplomat who served as US Secretary of State in the administration of President George W. Bush .
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| The president | George Herbert Walker Bush | ||||||
| Predecessor | James baker | ||||||
| Successor | Warren Christopher | ||||||
| Birth | August 1, 1930 Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA | ||||||
| Death | June 4, 2011 (aged 80) Charlottesville , Virginia , USA | ||||||
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| The consignment | Republican Party | ||||||
| Education | University of Wisconsin Madison | ||||||
| Activities | Political scientist | ||||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1952 - 1954 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  USA | ||||||
| Type of army |  Ground troops | ||||||
| Rank |  first lieutenant | ||||||
Biography
He graduated from high school at Stevens Point, then studied at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (bachelor, master). In 1957 he entered the US diplomatic service, where he worked in various posts. In 1957-1959 he worked at the US Embassy in Honduras. From 1961 to 1965 - an employee of the American Embassy in Belgrade . In 1969-1971 he worked in the Nixon administration as an assistant to the President’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger . He then served as adviser to the US mission to NATO in Brussels. In 1971-1973 - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; in 1973 - US Assistant Secretary of State for National Security; in 1973-1977 - Assistant Secretary of State. After Nixon's resignation, he left the civil service briefly, but was soon appointed by Jimmy Carter as ambassador to Yugoslavia. He was in this post from 1977 to 1980. He was later appointed Reagan as a junior assistant secretary of state for political affairs (third senior position in the Department of State), holding this post for several years. In 1989, Bush appointed him US Under Secretary of State (second oldest position); he was also the chief presidential adviser for the affairs of Yugoslavia (disintegrating at that time). During his work as presidential adviser on Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1992, he was considered a supporter of the Serbs. Secretary of State James Baker resigned on August 23, 1992, to lead the Bush re-election campaign, and Eagleburger took office as U.S. Secretary of State until January 20, 1993.
On September 25, 2007, along with several other retired US secretaries of state, he signed a letter urging the US Congress not to pass Resolution 106 on the Armenian Genocide . [3]
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Notes
- ↑ https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/index.html#/arlington-national/
- ↑ Bernard Gwertzman. Lawrence Eagleburger, Crises Diplomat, Dies at 80 // The New York Times . - June 4, 2011.
- ↑ Letter from the Former Secretaries of State (link unavailable) . Date of treatment February 27, 2017. Archived February 28, 2017.