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Richard Holbrooke
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United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan | |
In office January 22, 2009 – December 13, 2010 |
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President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Marc Grossman |
United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office September 7, 1999 – January 20, 2001 |
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President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Peter Burleigh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs | |
In office September 13, 1994 – February 21, 1996 |
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President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Stephen Oxman |
Succeeded by | John Kornblum |
United States Ambassador to Germany | |
In office October 19, 1993 – September 12, 1994 |
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President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Robert Kimmitt |
Succeeded by | Charles Redman |
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
In office March 31, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
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President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Arthur Hummel |
Succeeded by | John Holdridge |
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Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
April 24, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 13, 2010 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
(aged 69)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) |
Larrine Sullivan
(m. 1964; div. 1972) Blythe Babyak
(m. 1977; div. 1978) Kati Marton
(m. 1995; his death 2010) |
Children | 2 sons |
Education | Brown University (BA) |
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 - December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat. He became well-known when he helped broker the Dayton peace agreement, together with Carl Bildt. This agreement of 1995 helped end the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He died of a torn aorta on December 13, 2010.
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Holbrooke and Carl Bildt before peace talks in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in October 1995.

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