Michael Kozak | |
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| Senior Official for Global Criminal Justice | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Morse Tan |
| Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
| In office September 13, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kimberly Breier |
| Succeeded by | Julie J. Chung |
| Senior Bureau Official for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| In office September 5, 2017 – September 12, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Tom Malinowski |
| Succeeded by | Robert Destro |
| Acting United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism | |
| In office October 5, 2012 – May 20, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Hannah Rosenthal |
| Succeeded by | Ira Forman |
| United States Ambassador to Belarus | |
| In office September 15, 2000 – August 8, 2003 | |
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Daniel V. Speckhard |
| Succeeded by | George A. Krol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 18, 1946 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley (A.B.) Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Attorney, diplomat |
Michael G. Kozak (born September 18, 1946)[1][2] is an American diplomat in the United States Department of State who served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs from 2019 to 2021.[3] He previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Belarus between 2000 and 2003 and chief of mission at the United States Interests Section in Havana between 1996 and 1999, and was a nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador in 1991.[4][5][6] He achieved a measure of prominence in the 1980s for his attempts to negotiate with Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to leave power.[6]
Kozak is a civil service employee of the U.S. State Department and charter member of the Senior Executive Service.[5] He has been described as a problem solver with practical solutions, who is "not prone to ideological diatribes."[7] He also been called "an outgoing, let's roll-up-our-sleeves kind of guy with a square boxer's body and face"[8] and "pugnacious."[9]
- ^ "Nomination of Michael G. Kozak To Be United States Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador". The American Presidency Project. 2 October 1991. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Michael G. Kozak (1946– )". United States Department of State. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Michael G. Kozak". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Pincus, Walter (December 26, 2002). "Intelligence Predicts Hussein's Reaction to Attack". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Kozak, Michael G." United States Department of State. 2017.
- ^ a b "Kozak Heading for El Salvador As Part of Diplomatic Shuffle". Associated Press. April 29, 1991.
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