Michael Armacost

Michael Armacost
United States Ambassador to Japan
In office
May 15, 1989 – July 19, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byMike Mansfield
Succeeded byWalter Mondale
United States Secretary of State
Acting
In office
January 20, 1989 – January 25, 1989
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byGeorge Shultz
Succeeded byJames Baker
13th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
May 18, 1984 – March 2, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byLawrence Eagleburger
Succeeded byRobert M. Kimmitt
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
March 12, 1982 – April 18, 1984
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byRichard W. Murphy
Succeeded byStephen W. Bosworth
President of the Brookings Institution
In office
October 2, 1995 – July 1, 2002
Preceded byBruce K. MacLaury
Succeeded byStrobe Talbott
Personal details
Born
Michael Hayden Armacost

(1937-04-15) April 15, 1937 (age 87)
EducationCarleton College (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
OccupationDiplomat

Michael Hayden Armacost (born April 15, 1937)[1] is a retired American diplomat and a fellow at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute. He was acting United States Secretary of State during the early days of the administration of President George H. W. Bush, before Secretary James Baker was confirmed by the Senate. Armacost also served as United States Ambassador to Japan and the president of the Brookings Institution from 1995 to 2002.

  1. ^ The International Who's Who, 1989–90. Europa Publications Limited. 1989. ISBN 9780946653508.