Marc Grossman

Marc Grossman
United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office February 22, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Richard Holbrooke
18th Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
In office 2001–2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas R. Pickering
Succeeded by	R. Nicholas Burns
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office 1997–2000
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John C. Kornblum
Succeeded by	A. Elizabeth Jones
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office 1994–1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard Clark Barkley
Succeeded by	Mark Robert Parris
Personal details
Born	September 23, 1951 (1951-09-23) (age 60) Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Barbara London School of Economics

Marc Grossman (born September 23, 1951)^[1] is the United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

Early life and education

Grossman is a native of Los Angeles, California and a veteran Jewish diplomat [1] and foreign policy scholar. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and later received an MSc in international relations from the London School of Economics.

Diplomatic career

Grossman served at the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, from 1976 to 1983. He served as the Deputy Director of the Private Law Office of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Secretary General of NATO, from 1983 to 1986. Grossman served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Ankara from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 1994, Grossman managed operations for senior State Department leadership as Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. Grossman returned to Turkey after being appointed United States Ambassador to Turkey, serving from 1994 to 1997. In Turkey, he promoted security cooperation, human rights and democracy, and a vibrant U.S.-Turkish economic relationship.

Grossman served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was responsible for over 4,000 State Department employees posted in 50 sites abroad with a program budget of $1.2 billion. He played a lead role in orchestrating NATO's 1999 Washington summit, marking the group's 50th anniversary, and helped direct U.S. participation in NATO’s military campaign in Kosovo that same year.

From 2000 to 2001, Grossman served as the Director General of the United States Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources. At the direction of the Secretary of State, he revamped the State Department's human resource strategies, including the Department's strategies for training, assigning, and retaining personnel both at home and abroad. Grossman was appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department's third-ranking official, in 2001. In 2004, Grossman attained the Foreign Service's highest rank when the President appointed him to the rank of Career Ambassador. He received the Secretary of State's Secretary's Distinguished Service Award the following year.

Grossman served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until his retirement in 2005.

Present career

Grossman serves as Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group. [2] He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he serves as a practitioner faculty member. [3]

On February 22, 2011 he was named Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan by President Obama, replacing the late Richard Holbrooke.^[2]

References

1. ^ date & year of birth according to LCNAF CIP data
2. ^ "Grossman, Marc:". United States Department of State. 2011-02-22. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/157779.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-03. 

External links

• Profile from The Cohen Group
• Grossman's statement on NATO & Kosovo, Grossman's Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee, October 28, 1999
• U.S. Interests and Turkey: A briefing by Marc Grossman, March 13, 2000, address to the Middle East Forum
• Photos of Marc Grossman's visit to NATO, February 27, 2003.
• Op-ed: A Middle East Final Act?, German Marshall Fund of the United States, June 6, 2008.
• Op-ed: Opening up trade with Colombia, Boston Globe, July 10, 2008.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Richard Clark Barkley	United States Ambassador to Turkey 1994 – 1997	Succeeded by Mark Robert Parris
Government offices
Preceded by John C. Kornblum	Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs August 5, 1997 – May 31, 2000	Succeeded by A. Elizabeth Jones
Preceded by Thomas R. Pickering	Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs 2001 – 2005	Succeeded by R. Nicholas Burns

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Name	Grossman, Marc
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Date of birth	September 23, 1951
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
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