Robert Pelletreau | |
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17th Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs | |
In office February 18, 1994–January 24, 1997 | |
President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Edward Djerejian |
Succeeded by | Martin Indyk |
United States Ambassador to Egypt | |
In office September 12, 1991–December 11, 1993 | |
President | George Herbert Walker Bush |
Preceded by | Frank G. Wisner |
Succeeded by | Edward S. Walker, Jr. |
United States Ambassador to Tunisia | |
In office July 1, 1987–May 11, 1991 | |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Peter Sebastian |
Succeeded by | John Thomas McCarthy |
United States Ambassador to Bahrain | |
In office March 10, 1979–April 3, 1980 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Wat T. Cluverius IV |
Succeeded by | Peter A. Sutherland |
Personal details | |
Born | Patchogue, New York | July 9, 1935
Spouse | Pamela Day Pelletreau |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Robert Halsey Pelletreau Jr. (born July 9, 1935) is an American former diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Bahrain (1979–1980), Tunisia (1987–1991), and Egypt (1991–1993), as well as the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.[1] He currently sits on the U.S. Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Forum. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.