| Richard C. Holbrooke  AKA Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
Born: 24-Apr-1941
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 13-Dec-2010
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diplomat Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Long-time US diplomat. Served as Assistant Secretary of State in the Carter and Clinton administrations, overseeing US relations with communist China as the US and China normalized relations, and brokering the 1995 Dayton accords that brought the war in Bosnia to an end. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, assigned the seemingly impossible task of stabilizing the region and reducing terrorism, from 2009 until his death. As Holbrooke went under sedation for unsuccessful emergency surgery to repair a ruptured aorta, his last words were muttered to a physician: "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan." Father: Dan Holbrooke
Mother: Trudi Moos Kearl
Wife: Kati Marton (wife #2, author, m. 1995, two sons)
Son: David Dan Holbrooke
Son: Anthony Andrew Holbrooke
University: BA, Brown University (1962)
University: Princeton University (1969-70, postgraduate)
US Ambassador Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009-10)
Perseus LLC Vice Chairman
US Ambassador to the United Nations (1998-2001)
US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (1994-96)
US Ambassador to Germany (1993-94)
US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs (1977-81)
Foreign Policy Managing Editor (1972-77)
Newsweek Contributing Editor, Newsweek International (1976)
Member of the Board of American International Group
Lehman Brothers Advisor (1981-84)
Africa-America Institute Board of Trustees
American Academy in Berlin Chairman
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
American Academy of Diplomacy
American Council on Germany Board of Directors
Asia Society Board of Trustees
Bilderberg Group Portugal (Jun-1999)
Bretton Woods Committee
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Council of American Ambassadors
Council on Foreign Relations
Friends of Hillary
Friends of Joe Lieberman
Hillary Clinton for President
Peace Corps Director, Morocco (1970-72)
Pilgrims Society
International Institute for Strategic Studies
John Kerry for President
National Endowment for Democracy Board Member
New Leadership for America PAC
Partnership for a Secure America Advisory Board
United Against Nuclear Iran Co-Founder
Watson Institute Board Member (past)
Pentagon Papers Authored one volume of original secret report
Wedding: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver (1986)
Open Heart Surgery 11-Dec-2010
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (1-Nov-2007) · Himself
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (14-Sep-2004) · Himself
Author of books:
To End a War (1998, international affairs)
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