Kermit Roosevelt Jr.

Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
Born(1916-02-16)February 16, 1916
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedJune 8, 2000(2000-06-08) (aged 84)
Alma materHarvard University
Spouse
Mary Lowe Gaddis
(m. 1937)
Children4; including Mark
ParentKermit Roosevelt (father)
Espionage activity
AllegianceUnited States
Service branchOffice of Strategic Services
Central Intelligence Agency
OperationsTPAJAX

Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt Jr. (February 16, 1916 – June 8, 2000) was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services during and following World War II. A grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, Roosevelt went on to establish American Friends of the Middle East and then played a lead role in the CIA's efforts to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the democratically elected Majlis-appointed prime minister of Iran, in August 1953.[1]

  1. ^ Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (June 20, 2017). "64 Years Later, CIA Finally Releases Details of Iranian Coup". Foreign Policy.