Leslie H. Gelb

Les Gelb
4th Director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
In office
February 23, 1977 – June 30, 1979
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byGeorge S. Vest
Succeeded byReginald Bartholomew
Personal details
Born
Leslie Howard Gelb

(1937-03-04)March 4, 1937
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 31, 2019(2019-08-31) (aged 82)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationTufts University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)

Leslie Howard "Les" Gelb (March 4, 1937 – August 31, 2019)[1] was an American academic, correspondent and columnist for The New York Times who served as a senior Defense and State Department official and later the President Emeritus[2] of the Council on Foreign Relations.

  1. ^ Roberts, Sam (August 31, 2019). "Leslie H. Gelb, 82, Former Diplomat and New York Times Journalist, Dies". Retrieved September 1, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Leslie H. Gelb – Council on Foreign Relations". Archived from the original on August 11, 2014.