Helmut Sonnenfeldt | |
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17th Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
In office January 7, 1974 – February 21, 1977 | |
President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Richard F. Pedersen |
Succeeded by | Matthew Nimetz |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, Germany | September 13, 1926
Died | November 18, 2012 Chevy Chase, Maryland | (aged 86)
Education | Bunce Court School Johns Hopkins University |
Helmut Sonnenfeldt (September 13, 1926 – November 18, 2012), also known as Hal Sonnenfeldt, was an American foreign policy expert.[1][2] He was known as Kissinger’s Kissinger for his philosophical affinity with and influence on Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of American foreign policy in the Nixon and Ford administrations.[2][3]
He was a veteran staff member of the United States National Security Council, and held several advisory posts in the U.S. government and the private sector. Later in life he was a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.