Daniel Fried | |
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Coordinator for Sanctions Policy | |
In office January 28, 2013 – February 27, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | James C. O'Brien (2022) |
United States Special Envoy for the Closure of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility | |
In office May 15, 2009 – January 28, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Cliff Sloan |
23rd Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs | |
In office May 5, 2005 – May 14, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Elizabeth Jones |
Succeeded by | Philip H. Gordon |
United States Ambassador to Poland | |
In office November 27, 1997 – May 6, 2000 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Nicholas Rey |
Succeeded by | Christopher Hill |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Daniel Fried (born 1952) is an American diplomat, who served as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs from 2005 to 2009 and United States ambassador to Poland from 1997 to 2000.[1][2] He also served as special envoy for Guantanamo closure and co-ordinator for United States embargoes.[3][4] Fried retired from the State Department in February 2017 after forty years of service.[5]
The State Department on Monday reassigned Daniel Fried, the special envoy for closing the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and will not replace him, according to an internal personnel announcement. Mr. Fried's office is being closed, and his former responsibilities will be "assumed" by the office of the department's legal adviser, the notice said.
As of today, there is no longer a State Department office overseeing efforts to close the US prison at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, and the person assigned to the task, Daniel Fried, has been given something else to do, reported The New York Times, citing an official statement.