Daniel Benjamin

Daniel Benjamin
16th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
In office
May 28, 2009 – December 10, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDell Dailey
Succeeded byTina S. Kaidanow
Personal details
Born (1961-10-16) October 16, 1961 (age 62)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
New College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat, journalist

Daniel Benjamin (born October 16, 1961) is an American diplomat and journalist and was the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the United States Department of State from 2009 to 2012, appointed by Secretary Hillary Clinton.[1] Benjamin was the director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College.[2] In July 2020, he became president of the American Academy in Berlin, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent transatlantic institution in the German capital.[3]

  1. ^ "Daniel Benjamin". State Department. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Daniel Benjamin". 8 August 2014.
  3. ^ "New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin". American Academy. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-20.