Morton I. Abramowitz

Morton I. Abramowitz
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office
1989–1991
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byRobert Strausz-Hupe
Succeeded byRichard Clark Barkley
United States Ambassador to Thailand
In office
June 27, 1978 – July 31, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byCharles S. Whitehouse
Succeeded byJohn Gunther Dean
10th Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
In office
February 1, 1985 – May 19, 1989
Preceded byHugh Montgomery
Succeeded byDouglas P. Mulholland
Personal details
Born (1933-01-20) January 20, 1933 (age 91)
Lakewood Township, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseSheppie Glass Abramowitz
ProfessionCareer FSO
Other namesAi Mo-huei (艾莫惠)[1]

Morton Isaac Abramowitz (born January 20, 1933) is an American diplomat and former U.S. State Department official. Starting his overseas career in Taipei, Taiwan after joining the foreign service, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Turkey and as the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. He retired from the State Department with the rank of Career Ambassador. He then became president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and founded the International Crisis Group.

Abramowitz currently serves as co-chair for the Bipartisan Policy Center's Turkey Initiative.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference General History of Taiwan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bipartisan Policy Center's Turkey Initiative Co-Chairs and Former U.S. Ambassadors Mort Abramowitz and Eric Edelman to Release Recommendations on Building Greater U.S.-Turkish Cooperation Amid Unstable Middle East". Bipartisan Policy Center. Retrieved 2018-07-27.